Helping Amy to apply the social security benefit/Carlos Pueblo

Helping Amy to apply the social security benefit/Carlos Pueblo

Amy is looking forward to the social security income at age 62 for a long time

to help to pay the skyrocketing medical insurance premium. We applied the

forms on the website of the bureau and received a letter  from the bureau office

to bring in some original document to a local office to be verified. I always feel

that I must help her at least. The officer instructed her to call her at the parking

lot in order for her to arrange a window to accept those document. It is a very

different way from almost 10 years before when I applied. I was on an official

appointment method, of course, the internet was not common then.

We called and Amy left her message, then we decided to get into the office.

There were crowded applicants inside the waiting room and I noticed the

toilet available. A lady security guard announced the waiting procedure and

an estimate 2.5 hours waiting for service. I asked how to get a waiting number

and she took us outside to wait on one of the line, one for the security card and

the other for turning in document required. We had to wait our turn to get in

to that 2.5 hours waiting room and it was very hot, 94 degree in that morning

and an old gentleman was smoking in front of me. I complained to a lady behind

me and blame Donald Trump to cut the budget to hire sufficient administrators

to deal such huge business of social security bureau. I was hopeless, then, I called

again and left my message word by word in clear English and spelling out telephone

numbers twice, at the beginning and the end of my message. I less than 5 minutes,

I got a call back from the designated officer to take us to the window. We got it done

In less than 2 minutes yet she didn’t want to comment about Trump because the

boss relationship with her.

I thought it over after I returned home. It was not that long at all as a matter of fact.

I doubt that those crowded applicants were not only for the social security applicants

But some other forms of welfare recipients as well. It was because that I was not

accustomed to the new procedure and I misunderstood the way of their customer

service. I feel that I don’t owe money to the Federal Government and on the contrary,

the Government must provide an adequate manor to distribute the fund when desired

by the recipient.

No matter of the reserve fund of the social security in the future, I believe that the U.S.

Government will definitely step in to rescue the program in case of default via annual

budget arrangement either increase the tax or cut the benefit.