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?

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    16 days ago

    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

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      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.

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      “They would never arrest people with green cards”

      “They would never send immigrants to Guantanamo”

      “They would never cancel medicaid”

      “They would never cancel cancer research”

      “They would never drain congressionally-appropriated funds”

      “They would never drain a civilian’s funds”

      You think they’ll suddenly stop overstepping? You think they’ll suddenly grow a moral compass?

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      16 days ago

      Also the money came from the government in the first place. That’s a critical aspect to this.

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          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