What I meant are the people that KNOW full and well that they are capable of getting jobs but just simply refuse to.
There is a difference between someone needing the SSI *temporarily* to get through some hard times financially EX: partial disability insurance for a single mom who is deaf and needs the income to help make ends meet while she pursues a college degree. Once she has finished and landed a a job that pays the bills using her degree she comes off of it.
And there is someone that claims that there are many things wrong with them EX: 'bad backs' 'bad knees' severe hearing loss (note that these people never claim full deafness - and they make a mockery of the REAL deaf/Deaf/HOH community). And they say they absolutely cannot find a job or are unable to keep a job for whatever reason, then they sit at home all day watching the boob tube, then they use the disability money to buy fancy cars and what not because guess what they are living under a false address or each of the people in the household are claiming as head of household to get the maximum allowable amount. What these people dont see is that when they get to retirement age they will start receiving LESS THAN HALF of what they were previously receiving then they will be FORCED to find any menial job. These are the people that you will see who are 65-70 years old and flipping burgers at McDonald's and work as Wal-Mart Greeters.
SSI is drawn out of the SSI reserve with alot of the American population about to hit retirement and are eligilble for retirement benefits and many younger people claiming disabilities when they KNOW they can work and simply choose NOT to they also suck that reserve dry.
Not only that people that claim false disability take away from those that REALLY need it such as the deafblind, blind, mentality incapicitated, paraplegics, paralyzed, Muscular Dystrophy patients, etc. The list goes on and on.
Note I did not purposely omit Deafness to say that it is not a disability, I omitted because I firmly believe if given the opportunities the deaf can work. There is nothing there to physically, visually, or mentally keep them from holding a job.
Am I saying the Deaf are bums, absolutely not, but I find it disheartening when I see someone like *HER* come here and say it is perfectly OK for the deaf to mooch, lie, and whatnot to get supposedly 'easy' money. Money is never easy and it certaintly does not grow on trees like some people believe.
My post was not directed at you - my post was directed at -*HER* and those who think and act like HER. I hope I did not leave you offended, but I do want you to have some lingering thoughts.
