After outcry, acting Social Security director reverses course on Maine newborn policy

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Source: yahoo.com



Social Security Administration acting Commissioner Lee Dudek issued a statement Friday apologizing for his "mistakes."

David Knowles Editor Fri, March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM CST


Social Security Administration acting Commissioner Lee Dudek announced Friday that he was reversing his decision to suspend a program in Maine that allows parents to apply for a Social Security number for newborn infants by simply filling out a form at the hospital.

Available in all 50 states, the enumeration at birth process spared parents from the trouble of having to apply for a Social Security card in person at an office.

“I recently directed Social Security employees to end two contracts which affected the good people of the state of Maine. The two contracts are Enumeration at Birth (EAB), which helps new parents quickly request a Social Security number and card for their newborn before leaving the hospital, and Electronic Death Registry (EDR) which shares recorded deaths with Social Security,” Dudek said in a statement posted to the Social Security website. “In retrospect, I realize that ending these contracts created an undue burden on the people of Maine, which was not the intent. For that, I apologize and have directed that both contracts be immediately reinstated. EAB and EDR continue in place for every state and were not affected. As a leader, I will admit my mistakes and make them right.”........................

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/after-outcry-acting-social-security-director-reverses-course-on-maine-newborn-policy-191646969.html

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Trump and his idiots are running amuck!!

I wonder why he was just picking on Maine??

[msongs]

1. maine governor gave him stick at a recent even so retribution was ordered nt

[Skittles]

2. picking on Maine was maybe a test run?

just a theory

[moniss]

3. I look for them to make things as onerous as possible

whenever possible and make phony suspensions of benefits.

[Marthe48]

4. It's going to be like this every single day

screw up, back off, repeat. Until felon is dead and the rwnj coup falls on its ass.

[Skittles]

7. these are not "screwups"

this is intentional chaos

these are test runs to see what can be immediately done and what will have to wait until after the full fascist takeover

[Hugin]

5. I believe that instead of being an aberration, this is where all of the cuts and DODG-y activities are...

Headed.

Trump wants the ability to target “punishments” metered out for any perceived slight or disloyalty. To a malignant narcissistic asshole, the worst punishment ever is the loss of money. Because money equals power and attention.

The implications of this event and many others over the last six weeks has left me groping through the thesaurus looking for a description of my reaction to these revelations. The closest I have found so far is flummoxed and dumbfounded.

The implication is that Trump, Musk, and indeed the majority of MAGAtdom are so corrupt they are completely unable to conceive of money moving around benefiting people on a daily basis with nobody making a “profit”. It’s beyond their meager understanding of the world. This is also why they resent Frederal and other government employees who earn a living making these things happen with their labor. Nobody is going to provide labor for free. But, their compensation is nominal considering the services they provide.

I am beyond words.

This acting whatever was acting at the behest of Trump, it like so many other things during this month and half was a misfire. He’s only sorry he got called out on it.

[twodogsbarking]

6. So there will be an apology?

I doubt it. They suck at apologizing.