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Disability to be cut 19% in 2016
mogley98
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http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150722/PC16/150729719/social-security-disability-checks-face-19-percent-cut-in-2016-unless-solution-found
That would impact a lot of people.
Wonder why Food Stamps, Welfare, or Politicians pensions never run out of money?
That would impact a lot of people.
Wonder why Food Stamps, Welfare, or Politicians pensions never run out of money?
Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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Land of the sheep, home of the slaves.
Nothing will happen then....just like 97% of America is bending over and taking it in the rear right now.....without any will to fight or stand up for what is right.
It's the boiling frog syndrome at its finest.
When are all the people NOT on the social security gun confiscation list going to stand up for those that are on the list??
Democracy will turn to dictatorship in a flash just watch! It's called martial law until things calm down don't you see!
serf
Neal
I never have understood why disability pays more than Social Security.
..From personal experience, don't bet on that being true
in every case. Unless one is a SSD lawyer, we don't have
all the details that allow for interpretation.
Having personally known a couple folks that were "disabled" due to "working interferes with my self medicating with street drugs".
Considering that (IMHO) more than 20% of the people on SSDI are NOT disabled, the cuts would be no more than trimming off the deadwood.
Having personally known a couple folks that were "disabled" due to "working interferes with my self medicating with street drugs".
You make a valid point, to a point. In the SSD rules, laws or whatever they call all that crapola, it is a simple thing. If a person refuses treatment for anything that can be treated, such as drug, alcohol or obesity, just examples, they can stop the monthly checks. Now I have yet to hear of that around this area, but it would sure be a way to cut the fat from the SSD rolls.
Far to many people on SSD working for cash also, to me it is about the same as the folks who sit and draw unemployment while doing "side jobs." If they can work then they should be working. I would love to see a reward program paid out for reporting the folks scamming any of the systems. Base the reward on the amount saved per year, could be a decent full time job.
My younger brother is on SSI. A stroke from a defective blood vessel in the brain at the age of 19. It's been 35 years for him. Constant seizure activity and other problems. Takes lots of meds to keep it all under Some degree of control. It's a constant struggle to maintain control over Epileptic and non-epileptic seizures and REM Sleep Disorder.
After everything is deducted from his SSI check he receives about $700 a month. I make up the remainder of living costs.
So the money is always tight.
20% would not cover the number of phony recepients
YEP and phony Drs. collecting medicaid payments, hospitals over billing the same, wastes all over the place by the billions.