Social Security Administration

The size of the SSA is daunting in and of itself and the SSA makes certain that they make it known in all ways. You are dehumanized. They are dehumanized. Your job, in no uncertain terms, is to die as quickly as possible once you start drawing these benefits. You are the enemy and the SSA will let you know it with every letter, every comunique and every touch.

This is a system we unwittingly pay in to throughout our career and all of the changes along the way. Through all of that, there is the SSA, quietly taking a percentage of every late night, long plane rides and all that you do in your career. What does it look and feel like as you near retirement age or worst case scenario, you become disabled? 

This is where the rubber meets the road and what does the SSA look like during this time of great need? Do they appear as the welcoming advocate to help you plan this next stage? No, they appear as an enemy. An enemy that seeks to dehumanize you and keep you as far away and in the dark that this seems an insurmountable task. The Social Security Administration wants it this way; they want you to stop trying in frustration. It is said that when you apply for Social Security disability benefits, your file just sits there for 6 months before anyone touches it. 6 months while you go homeless while waiting for these benefits. There is no phone number to call for help. When you do call, after a substantial wait, you are confronted by the rudest, most disgusted-with-you and your position in life person imaginable. Each of the representatives of the Social Security Administration is more rude and dehumanized than the last. 

Between the wait times, needing to put in your social security number before you are given a wait time estimation, the legal jargon on the hold recordings and the whole edifice is designed to be as gnarly, daunting, intimidating and dehumanizing as possible and they do an excellent job of constructing this breathing dragon that is the SSA. 

We don't deserve that and we know it yet we tolerate. We tolerate because we need this money so badly and this is our lifeline. Something is very broken and everyone knows it. Dealing with government administration and the difficulty therein has become a meme. 

Once approved for both SSDI and SSI, I asked my attorney how to make the rubber meet the road financially. She suggested I call over to the local office and schedule a PERC appointment. This is an appointment where the SSA learns about your financial particulars, go through bank accounts, check for assets etc. Once this is complete, they will release the funds on the SSI for backpay and decide on monthly SSI moving forward. This also alerts the SSDI arm that you have not been receiving SSI during the application process and then the SSDI side will also release their backpay and that is set up on direct deposit. This is a very important call. 

On the advice of my attorney, I called to the local number, which cannot be found online and after a 45-minute hold, I spoke with Angela and set up a PERC appointment for the 26th, which was over a week away at the time. Why could we not do it right then? We are on the phone and talking but the SSA wants you to wait and get frustrated and they are essentially goading you into flying off of the handle, which I'm sure works out for them. This is all a form of bullying, period. So, Angela made the appointment for the 26th in the afternoon and verified my phone number. 

The following day, I received an official letter from the SSA with an already-scheduled PERC appointment with Rosa on the 21st at 4:15pm and it had the wrong phone number on the letter which they would call for this appointment. I knew that any conflict in the SSA system would flag it and potentially cancel one appointment out and they had a wrong number on the letter even though I had recently put my correct number in their system. 

I decided to call and speak with someone on the 13th of January at 9:31am at the local SSA office. I called and put in my social security number in before they gave me an estimated wait time of 20 minutes. I was on hold for 45 minutes and a Patrick picked up. I knew that he would trap me with my request if he knew, in order, what had happened so I started with just making sure that Rosa had my correct cell phone number to call on the 21st at 4:15pm. He took the number, verified that Rosa would call me at the correct cell phone at 4:15pm on the 21st. After that was complete and verified by Patrick, I let him know that I also wanted to cancel my appointment on the 26th with Angela. He was audibly upset that I had outsmarted him with the way I presented him the information and agreed to cancel the appointment with Angela on the 26th and keep the appointment for the 21st at 4:15pm with Rosa. This is all on recording.

On the 21st, I happened to be right in the middle of deciding what to do about a surgery I needed right away on a foot infection, caused by the very disability for which I was applying for benefits. I went to see my doctor on emergency at Denver Health and he told me that if I didn't go to the hospital right at that moment (2:30pm on the 21st) I would likely have to have my right foot amputated. I looked him right in the eye, to let him know I was serious and said: "This phone call from the SSA is so important for my future, both immediate and long term, that against your strong advice, I will let my right foot go if it meant making this phone call with the focus needed to secure my financial future." I promised him that I would go to the hospital immediately after the PERC call and hope for the best. 4:15 came and went and after calling over to the SSA office and learning that they close at 4pm so I left immediately for the hospital.

Because Patrick was so upset that I had outsmarted him, he did not make the change. This is what a petulant child would do and this is what you get with the SSA. 

We received a letter from the SSA in the US mail today. The envelope is marked with "Urgent" and "Final Notice" in red stamp-ink. In the letter, it states that I missed my appointment on the 21st. For those of you keeping score at home, this is the aforementioned appointment that I was sacrificing my foot for. The letter goes on to lay out the penalties for missing this meeting, including losing my benefits entirely if I do not respond by 01/05/2026. That's right, folks; if I don't find a way to travel back in time 21 days from right at this moment, my benefits will be canceled. This is a live, real-time example of the absolute ineptitude of these FEDERAL EMPLOYEES at the Social Security Administration as they scramble around in the office like cockroaches, trying everything to make this whole process next to impossible. 

This is the unofficial motto of the Social Security Administration. In the letter received from the SSA to Senator Bennet's office, they mention that the funds would be released within 3-7 days from the 23rd, the date that the SSA finally called me. Why this matters is that this clock should have started on the 21st and I should have my funds right now and I don't so that's what matters. 

Also, in this response it mentions that the SSI backpayment will withhold 25% for attorneys fees, which is fine and in writing. The problem there is that in the letter that I received from the SSDI side, regarding a large backpayment, they also mention needing to see a letter from either me or my attorney if we disagree with the fees, which neither of us do, so the default is 2 weeks and they at the SSA would assume we agree and release the funds.

There is no phone nunber to call and only a physical address to send said letters to, so this is just another 2 week stall technique. Additionally, in the first letter I received about my benefits, it mentions December 2025 as a seperate payment and that should be deposited into my account the following month, meaning January, so I should have received $3,269 on January 21st since they pay on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Conveniently for the SSA, this changed silently with their next letter, which for some reason, puts the January payment as part of my backpay and says that my first official payment isn't until the 18th of February, for January 2026. 

This does two things for the SSA. 1. It is another stall technique, meant to keep me waiting and hungry. 2. Since the SSA has a maximum number of months they will pay back, in this case, 12 months. By delaying this payment, they shift this monthly liability due me into the backpay category and potentially shave it off of their ledger completely due to the number of total months that they will pay out. All of these records, along with the recorded phone calls with the SSA will be helpful. This writing and the number of people I make certain read every word serve as protection for me since so many people know I am proceeeding with my lawsuit against the federal government moves forward. 

Today, January 27th, I went to the Social Security office personally to follow up. I was met at the door at 9am by a guy in North Carolina garb. This guy was from the back area and was certainly a manager of some sort. His efforts in the 5 minutes I watched him consisted of discouraging people at the door. That's the whole shtick with these folks, discouragement. He just walked up to people as they walked in and said: " Do you have an appointment?" The answer is almost always no because it's nearly impossible to make an appointment, by design. Every step with the Social Security Administration is filled with discouragement, frustration, confusion and bewilderment. All by design to put you on your back foot. 

I took a number and sat down and was called within 20 minutes. I went to my assigned window, said good morning to the gentleman behind the window and he replied with pleasantries. I handed him the letter that said I missed my PERC appointment and just let him read it. He started to appear upset and started to cut me off repeatedly and actually said: "You either let me finish or you get kicked out of here. That's how this goes, understand?" I just smiled and said: "Sir, I already had my PERC appointment and I just want to know where my money is." He became visibly upset and started shaking and said to me: "You need to work on your personality." This, again, is what a petulant child does when they get caught. 

I just continued to smile and be pleasant in the face of his visible rage. He was shaking very hard and starting to sweat. I calmly made another appointment with the SSDI side for the large backpay release, which is a meeting I didn't even know existed. He said that the first installment of my backpay was scheduled for February 2nd and I verified that making the appointment for SSDI would not interfere with my pending SSI payment on February 2nd and he said that they are two seperate programs, which I take as it won't interfere.

This type of reaction only is possible when people have ultimate control and are so used to just absolutely dismissing people and 'winning' that they literally don't know how to deal with things when they get exposed. 

This is all evidence of a sytem built to discourage and frustrate and when someone does not play into their hands, they literally cannot handle it.

I will fix this.

Today is January 29th, 2026 and we emailed President Donald Trump as well as VP JD Vance over the last few days, searching for accountability and results. Beyond Senate and that worthless endeavor, we got results from Donald Trump. This is what leadership looks like. As much as we are thankful for the funds, we are delighted that we have results and we know what to do to help turn this battleship around. It will be a slow and arduous process and will take all of us, but we have to push, push, push to regain this fractured bridge between humans in a world of automation and technology. Let's regain the last mile with restless ferver and tireless effort. Thank you, President Trump. We won't stop until we have solutions that are digestable and actionable. More to follow....

Over the last 2 days, we have received 5 letters from the SSA and they are BIG mad that they lost and got outsmarted by us and so they are throwing everything they have at me with changing my payment date so that my money can stay in their hands for another 2 weeks. They went from ghost to spam in a fit of childish wriggling and squirming. Every correspondence from them now is a pathetic last grasp for control.

I called over to the local SSA office and, once again, after putting in my social security number, I was put on a 60-minute hold rom the jump. The representative on the phone was VERY nice, I will say. The reason I called was because there was a $6.7k error in my backpay and he agreed. This could be a legitimate error to be fair, however, given the history, I am skeptical and you must pay attention to every detail as they attempt to bury you in letters and communique.

Another call scheduled for today at 2pm and the Social Security Administration just flat-out did not call. The audacity is mind blowing and they are clearly driving for frustration and they just messed with the wrong bull because I was here at 2:06pm at the Social Security Office and I am waiting in line just like everyone else. Meatware to meatware, this is it. A gentleman is here playing this act out where he is calling out numbers because he wants to tell everyone repeatedly that there is a 3 1/2 hour wait. I haven't said a word because I am enjoying this show. It's like a live play with his computer as the prop. They do this every time I am here. 

There is another gentleman up here talking with the star of the play and another and now a whole crowd, all with missed appointments so this is all very intentional. I will put in a FOIA request in for their software, specifically for what their software does with appointments that they make. I know for certain that it will jump off the page as well. 

We have officially submitted the FOIA request to the SSA and we will catch them in the act. Just about everyone here is here because of a missed appointment and to be clear, this is an appointment-only setup here. They have everyone stuck in a loop of coming in for a missed appointment so, they are now here without an appointment and they have to start over. It's literally a catch-loop and it keeps everyone feeling behind and out of the loop. These people are not waiting for an appointment and they say that right over the loudspeaker repeatedly. Remember that this is right downtown Denver and is basically a day-trip for most folks, leading normal lives. All of the people here are targets for manipulation and being pushed out the door. This is a battleground. 

The dragon has been slain. The look of fear that overtook the young lady on the other side of the counter when she pulled me up and I started talking was like nothing I have ever seen. She knew the jig was up. Once again, all she could do after releasing my funds immediately was apologize profusely and repeatedly. The SSA folded, right then and there. It was a sight to see. Keep going, document everything and know your rights. I will press now.

Here is what the Social Security Administration is up to. They have devised a psychological maze that uses time, pressure, radio-silence, cramming and information saturation, intimidation, scarcity, bullying and showmanship combined with no-call appointments, which feed you into a loop of not being able to make an appointment in an appointment-only environment,. A single 1-800 number is posted for the entire U.S that is the first line of defense where they are extremely confrontational from the jump and are trained to disconnect the call upon any pushback and they push first. When you do make your way down to their downtown, very difficult to park and very hard to find office that is tucked in the far corner, down a literal maze-like corridor to their office. As a disabled person, which is extremely common amongst beneficiaries, this is an extremely difficult place to get, very much by design. 

When you do arrive after you were not called for your appointment and cannot bear to sit on hold for 45 minutes+ every time (documented), you are met in the entry by a fully-produced and orchestrated show to deter you from speaking with someone. Here's how they do it: You were not called for your appointment that was made some weeks before and they do not send appointment confirmations so this is also by design. You think you have a special reason to be there because they are the ones that missed the appointment.

You are then pointed toward a machine that does not have missed appointment as an option, so you are forced to answer 'other.'  This is another psychological trick to make you uneasy. Then, you sit in the waiting area and that's when the show starts. There are many announcements over the loudspeaker, letting you know that: "As of January 1st, 2026, the Social Security Administration has gone to an appointment-only system" and you are encouraged to leave. Then, an employee with the SSA will come out and get everyone's attention to further encourage people to leave. They repeat over and over again that the wait time is 3 1/2 hours. This has been true every time I have visited, which I do often because I live right behind their building. The wait time is always at minimum 2 1/2 hours and you are told repeatedly that you will most likely not be seen today and they will likely just give you another appointment when you get to the window. 

The hope of the Social Security Administration Is that you just give up and stop trying. Their second hope is that you get so upset that you can no longer focus on what you are there for and then all bets are off. The wait time for benefits is a year at minimum and you will get nothing while you wait. The denial rate on the first round is extremely high, yet the first appeal has an extremely high approval rate. This alone is evidence of blanket denial.

When you do get approved, the tactics change to missed appointments by the SSA that will result in loss of benefits and when you do get the award letter, they then start cramming you with documentation and deadlines and dozens of double-sided pages of extremely important information that would be extremely difficult for your average IQ person to process correctly.

When you are awarded SSDI, your backpay is potentially effected by any SSI received during the wait time. Even though SSDI and SSI are both Social Security benefits, they themselves cannot confirm whether or not they themselves paid you SSI during your wait for SSDI and in my case, they witheld $8k for SSI even though I didn't recieve it. I called to verify this and, after a 45-minute hold, the employee of SSA agreed with me and set an appointment to go over this, even though he acknowledged that he could see it right in front of him. We made the appointment nonetheless for February 20th at 2pm. This is the 3rd call that they have not made when promised and scheduled. When I waited through the whole show described above and was called at 3 minutes to closing to the window in the side/back room. When I arrived at the window, I had already created, signed and sent my FOIA request for all of the software used to schedule appointments at the Social Security Administration in which we will see the malfeasance. I told this to the young lady behind the counter and she knew the jig was up. 

She immediately confirmed that the amount of backpay that was withheld against their policy was able to be released by her to me right then and there. This is an admission of a clear violation of the Social Security Act against me by withholding this backpay and even upon admitting to owing it to me, they did not call me for their own appointment for the 3rd time.