Looks like they did do something on those treasury and IRS computers after all.
Do I have to bury my money in the fucking back yard?
Looks like they did do something on those treasury and IRS computers after all.
Do I have to bury my money in the fucking back yard?
Genuinely suggesting the government might access your bank account and withdraw funds is fear mongering. I’m very aware of the disappointing and alarming things going on in this administration, but this is definitely not something that would happen to a civilian
If everything were normal then I think people would like to believe what you’re saying. But you know, and we all know, that the White House is full of wild animals who will do anything they feel like for any reason they feel like… So I have to say that your advice is of dubious value, and instead people should hope for the best and plan for the worst.
Or to put it more politely, you were claiming you this definitely isn’t going to happen to individual civilians, but you didn’t give an argument why. And you didn’t give one because there isn’t one, not when common sense and decency have been thrown out the window.
It’s not clear to me what they’ve done here is not worth fear mongering about. It looks extremely abnormal
When my dad died ss went into my parents joint bank account and withdrew the amount of his latest payment. It’s not just fear mongering. It is possible. I don’t think even this administration is ballsy enough to do it, though. The backlash would be enormous, and as another poster mentioned civil asset forfeiture already exists.
that just sounds like direct debit. you sure it wasn’t pre-approved?
That’s what I thought, but my mom said the money had already cleared and was removed as a separate transfer.
Fear to what? Be in charge of your money?
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Also the money came from the government in the first place. That’s a critical aspect to this.
All money comes from the govenment in the first place.
Yeah. But it makes several pitstops before hitting my bank account. The government pulling back a grant or funding is different than the government taking $500 from John Q Citizen’s account