So my dad is on disability/retirement pension and they received a letter stating that the SSA overpaid them the last few years and that my parents owe them $20,000. Now I'm sure this is chump change to many here and doesn't sound like a whole lot, but with the amount of bills they have to pay they have no hope in paying these people back for quite some time. Possibly 3 years at the earliest... the SSA sent a letter stating if they don't pay back that money they'll either stop the benefits or deduct money from each check to pay back the owed $20k.
All this to say that I'm infuriated by how evil these people are. It's clearly not my parents fault and they even state in the letter that it's not their fault, but they still spring this shit on their lap. Their lawyer apparently told them that nothing can be done about it either.
This is not the same situation but my sister was denied unemployment. She did quit her job because they were making it difficult due to covid. Anytime a kid was sick at daycare they pulled this stupid covid shit. Kids would have to quarantine and my niece would have to stay home. That left my sister without daycare and work who making you work from hime suddenly decided that you can't work and have your kid at home which was previously not a problem. My sister appealed the denial and got a back pay of over $12,000. First of all getting a hold of unemployment was impossible she had to go through her state rep who was very helpful and we live in a blue state (supposedly) PA is red. Anyways, she normally would get assistance after the rep intervened. Don't take this lying down.