It seems like something has changed in regard to my receiving the postings since I got back from vacation or else everyone has gone on vacation. I am not receiving any postings - maybe I need to change something?
Today I got a letter from Social Security asking me how much money I made in 2007 and they wanted it broken down by daily and hourly. Now I do not know about you, but I have a hard time remembering what I had for breakfast let alone the hours I worked on what day and did I exceed my limit of earnings according to the SSA. Here is my response:
Social Security Administration
Retirement, Survivors and Disability Insurance
Wilkes Barre Data Operations Center
PO Box 0790
Wilkes Barre, PA 18767-9790
Attention: Michael S. Astrue, Commissioner
Commissioner Astrue:
Today I received in the mail a request for me to tell you “AGAIN” how much money I made in 2007. You should have been forwarded this information by the Internal Revenue Service after the filing of our 2007 taxes in March, 2008 and previous to that, you would have received that information when my employer filed his W-2/W-3 report to you in January 2008 of which I mailed to you myself from the office. The most I will tell you is that I only worked part-time for 7 months and certainly did not go over your lousy $12,960.00. I am not going to sit down and fill out this stupid paper work which is a waste of my time and taxpayers money.
That brings me to my second comment. Along with this 3 page request, the 3rd page had a “Paperwork Reduction Act Statement attached. What a joke! You ask me to fill out the paperwork, then you state if there is no valid “Office of Management and Budget control number” (which there isn’t) I don’t have to do anything! Then you tell me it will take me approximately 10 minutes to complete your questions – how do you know that? Do you know where my previous tax returns are filed or what I have to go through to get the information out?
This whole thing is nothing but “JOB JUSTIFICATION” and let me see how I can waste more money.
If you need to justify your job, how about looking for all of those IOU’s congress has written over the years for the money they have “stolen” from the Social Security Fund “that was paid in by the “working” people of this country and their “employers” and write up an amendment to the Stimulus Bill to pay Social Security back? Now that would be a noteworthy task. I am sure however, that job security would prevent you from undertaking such a task. Oh, I forgot – the Social Security fund is broke because Americans are living longer because we have the “best” healthcare in the world and we have bankrupted the fund.
And finally Commissioner, since I see you took this position as of February 12, 2007, I can hold you personally responsible for this waste of money, my time and the fact your staff did not request this information from the IRS. And why the heck do you need to know how much I made each month or each hour? You expect me to remember how many hours I worked each day 2 years ago? Even the IRS doesn’t ask that.
You know, you can’t make this stuff up!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Diane M. Kepus