General Discussion

Great work reading through that, it wasn't easy.
But,

Social Security spending is considered mandatory spending, not discretionary spending, meaning it's funded by permanent appropriations and not subject to annual congressional approval like discretionary spending.

Page 13 makes it clear this is about discretionary spending.


And.

The SSA's administrative costs, including salaries and benefits for federal employees and state employees at disability determination services, are funded through discretionary spending, which requires annual congressional approval.

So dump could indeed cut off the pay of SS employees but he cant shut it down.

If Social Security loses discretionary spending, the Social Security Administration (SSA) would face significant challenges in maintaining its current level of service, potentially leading to hiring freezes, furloughs, field office closures, limited service hours, and delays in IT modernization, all of which could negatively impact beneficiaries

While continued stoppage of the employees pay would most likely stop services down the road dump taking away the discretionary amount still leaves the SS admin open. Closing it down would be immediate. In the meantime while the discretionary part is taken away SS still works yet at a decreased rate and all hell would break out in the US. So, no , what he can do with the CR is way different that in a shutdown. But I have to give you major props for doing all that work. Having this kind of discussion with someone willing to do the work it entails is a sheer delight and helps me learn a lot of things and I 100% applaud you for doing so.
Thanks and Keep in keeponing.
Eko.