A gentleman in Seattle, WA, was declared dead by DOGE. As a result of the DOGE declaration, the Social Security Administration stopped his payments and took back $5,201 in payments he received for December and January.

They actually contacted his bank and forced the bank to take back the automatic deposit money from the man's bank account and return it to the Federal government.

No one at the bank, Social Security, or DOGE tried to contact the man to see if he was alive. They just arbitrarily determined he was dead.

Would you be able to survive (e.g. pay your rent/house payment, buy groceries, gas) if you no longer received your Social Security payment? Especially if you didn't receive it for 3 months? It took the 82 year old gentleman a month or so to set the record straight. Do you have your birth certificate, your marriage license (if applicable), your identification, your Social Security paperwork? Are you ready to fight the Federal government over whether your are dead or alive? Are you even able to do it when you are 82 years old?