SSA Tells Staff That Benefit Payments Not Assured In Case Debt Ceiling Reached

     An Emergency Message sent out by the Social Security Administration to its staff:


Instructions

If a member of the public asks whether their Social
Security payment will be affected if the federal debt ceiling is not
raised, you may give the following response:


“Unlike a federal shutdown which has no impact
on the payment of Social Security benefits, failure to raise the debt
ceiling