SSI Is a Joke
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Yeah.
It depends on location.
I know some people who get $1,000 to $1,200 for SSI.
Where do they live?
"Honey, we're moving."
Tousi
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Isn't that the idea? To pull yourself up by your bootstraps and show what your'e made of? To get off the suckling of the government teat?
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Exactly. I wish every day that I could work. If I was just deafblind I would do everything to try to get hired. But I also have debilitating pain. I can't work. I want to. I think it's totally unfair to be forced into extreme poverty just because I have a disability that keeps me from working. And that's not even taking into account the fact that it's next to impossible to get hired as a deafblind person. Even employers who believe deafblind people can work don't want to spend the extra money on adaptive technology and extra training.
Exactly. I wish every day that I could work. If I was just deafblind I would do everything to try to get hired. But I also have debilitating pain. I can't work. I want to. I think it's totally unfair to be forced into extreme poverty just because I have a disability that keeps me from working. And that's not even taking into account the fact that it's next to impossible to get hired as a deafblind person. Even employers who believe deafblind people can work don't want to spend the extra money on adaptive technology and extra training.
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you should know that Tousi's post is referring to those who CAN work but CONVENIENTLY choose NOT to by using deaf card or whatever the card they have because "why work hard when I can make same amount from SSI by playing xbox at home?"
of course - we're not targeting to those who really need it. There are far too many disabled people who don't really need it and they are the one who are sucking up all the funds for those who really needs it. that is who you should target your anger toward to, not us. Please be considerate and look at how much we're paying tax for ya'all. You should be glad that we're generous enough to pay for it. At least we don't hide our asset to pay less tax like those rich people.
you should know that Tousi's post is referring to those who CAN work but CONVENIENTLY choose NOT to by using deaf card or whatever the card they have because "why work hard when I can make same amount from SSI by playing xbox at home?"
of course - we're not targeting to those who really need it. There are far too many disabled people who don't really need it and they are the one who are sucking up all the funds for those who really needs it. that is who you should target your anger toward to, not us. Please be considerate and look at how much we're paying tax for ya'all. You should be glad that we're generous enough to pay for it. At least we don't hide our asset to pay less tax like those rich people.
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I agree there are too many people who need it. I don't think deafness or blindness in and of themselves should be reasons for disability. eople who are only deaf, only blind, or only deafblind can still work with the right technology. I think it's backwards that it's easiest to get SSI as a legally blind or deaf person but much more difficult to get it with a chronic pain condition or psychological conditions that can be very incapacitating.
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I agree- I don't know how many times I have tried to "make" an employer look at things in a certain way - the disabled CAN be a much more loyal, hard working workers then the nondisabled. They COULD be making more money or getting MORE things DONE for a minimal amount of extra employee expenses. I would say at this point- you get what you pay for !
Yes, but working on the side isn't an option for all of us. So people who cannot work get forced into poverty by receiving hardly enough money to live on.
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That's why in Alberta, it's really hard to get on social security there. You have to get a doctor's note saying that you are physically unable to get a job. But once you're on it, you get a fair good amount of money-- a friend I know who had kidney failure and was in chronic pain too often from the dialysis got more money from the government than I ever did when I was working during the same time period.
That means blindness, developmentally challenged or deafness does not qualify you for welfare. Pretty much the only people that go on it are chronic pain sufferers, bedridden people, terminal illness and the like. The
problem is that there's too many people that are faking pain though... although it's unrelated to SSI-- it's still the same issues.
I am still trying to figure out how the hell a friend of mine got a doctor's note for disability welfare because of hallucinations, while I have been told I am fine and dandy to work?
That means blindness, developmentally challenged or deafness does not qualify you for welfare. Pretty much the only people that go on it are chronic pain sufferers, bedridden people, terminal illness and the like. The
problem is that there's too many people that are faking pain though... although it's unrelated to SSI-- it's still the same issues.
I am still trying to figure out how the hell a friend of mine got a doctor's note for disability welfare because of hallucinations, while I have been told I am fine and dandy to work?
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Government is full of vagueness. You'd be shocked.
SSI if you know the system well - it's worse than any drug out there.
I can prove to you you can in the USA earn about $3,500 a month being on SSI and be perfectly fine with it. (legally too.)
But do I want to tell people how? I don't want to see my fellow deaf people on SSI and unable to support the community itself, like the Jewish people have demostrated.
they were at the mercy of their family. Or they begged.
This thread is not about people cheating the system. Not everyone can work.
Why do you think old people retire. Its because people's health decline when they get older. They cant see, hear, or move around like they used to and it affects their ability to do their job.
THe government has numerous programs for single mothers who made bad decisions. Most disabled people were just dealt a bad hand. If they cant work why should they be forced into humiliating extreme poverty.
A lot of people say whatever, everybody can work but thats bullshit. Disabilities have an enourmous impact on ones earning power. Some can work, but they would probably be making more money if it wasnt for their disabilities.
Im sick of people looking down on the disabled as if they are lazy.
Why do you think old people retire. Its because people's health decline when they get older. They cant see, hear, or move around like they used to and it affects their ability to do their job.
THe government has numerous programs for single mothers who made bad decisions. Most disabled people were just dealt a bad hand. If they cant work why should they be forced into humiliating extreme poverty.
A lot of people say whatever, everybody can work but thats bullshit. Disabilities have an enourmous impact on ones earning power. Some can work, but they would probably be making more money if it wasnt for their disabilities.
Im sick of people looking down on the disabled as if they are lazy.
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You have to remember, MOST people who were born with these conditions don't think of themselves as disabled... Only those who acquire them do themselves as such. Anyway, there is not a whole not you can do about SSI... I means it is taxypayers' money... they get to decide how much money is allotted.