Met a guy who is on SSI.

[Mai72]

This guy is in his late 30s.

He's on SSI because he has high blood pressure. I've never heard such a thing! He gets $900 a month and lives with his mother. It's not much money, and I don't know how he survives.

But Damn. $900 bones for doing nothing. 🙁

 

[manimal]

some people really like the those tv shows. CSI SSI etc

 

[ThinClient]

Whose?

You mean "who is"?

 

[Mai72]

Whose?

You mean "who is"?

Opps. :|

 

[TheVrolok]

I see people on a nearly daily basis who are on SSI for absurd reasons. It drives me nuts. I also see a fair bit of advertisement for lawyers who will "fight for your rights for SSI." Fucking asshats know asshat doctors so they can get all the asshats easy SSI for bullshit reasons. Scumbags, the lot of 'em.

 

[Mai72]

I see people on a nearly daily basis who are on SSI for absurd reasons. It drives me nuts. I also see a fair bit of advertisement for lawyers who will "fight for your rights for SSI." Fucking asshats know asshat doctors so they can get all the asshats easy SSI for bullshit reasons. Scumbags, the lot of 'em.

Being fat is another reason you can get SSI. I know of another guy who collects because he is too fat to work. Granted it's not a lot of money.

How much do you need to be over weight to collect?

 

[Mai72]

I see people on a nearly daily basis who are on SSI for absurd reasons. It drives me nuts. I also see a fair bit of advertisement for lawyers who will "fight for your rights for SSI." Fucking asshats know asshat doctors so they can get all the asshats easy SSI for bullshit reasons. Scumbags, the lot of 'em.

How much do they typically get? It can't be a lot of money.

 

[manimal]

I see people on a nearly daily basis who are on SSI for absurd reasons. It drives me nuts. I also see a fair bit of advertisement for lawyers who will "fight for your rights for SSI." Fucking asshats know asshat doctors so they can get all the asshats easy SSI for bullshit reasons. Scumbags, the lot of 'em.

every day is it?


Do you work in a welfare office or are that guy

 

[TheVrolok]

How much do they typically get? It can't be a lot of money.

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/SSIamts.html

A bunch of the lawyers take a percentage for the first 12 months as their "fee."

every day is it?

Do you work in a welfare office or are that guy

Between the hospital and the office I see quite a few patients. A fair few on SSI (particularly in the hospital).

 

[jagec]

I see people on a nearly daily basis who are on SSI for absurd reasons. It drives me nuts. I also see a fair bit of advertisement for lawyers who will "fight for your rights for SSI." Fucking asshats know asshat doctors so they can get all the asshats easy SSI for bullshit reasons. Scumbags, the lot of 'em.

Just remember that they'll mostly have miserable lives watching daytime TV all day, eating garbage, and dying at 55 due to terrible health.

 

[Mai72]

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/SSIamts.html

A bunch of the lawyers take a percentage for the first 12 months as their "fee."

Figures. 🙁

 

[TheVrolok]

Just remember that they'll mostly have miserable lives watching daytime TV all day, eating garbage, and dying at 55 due to terrible health.

Honestly, that's basically the exact thing I tell myself. Yeah, they're living "free" due to a broken system, but they live, comparably, complete shit lives. ("they" being the piece of shit abusers, not those actually in need of SSI)

 

[Mai72]

Honestly, that's basically the exact thing I tell myself. Yeah, they're living "free" due to a broken system, but they live, comparably, complete shit lives. ("they" being the piece of shit abusers, not those actually in need of SSI)

Yea man. It's not even close to a good life.

They can't work so they are stuck forever in poverty. They don't get satisfaction from a hard days work. They don't meet people. They will never be able to travel. They will never be able to own a house, or even rent a nice apartment. They will be dependent on the system for ever.

 

[Raincity]

Also once your classified as disabled. You also qualify for free rent or rent reductions through various non profits. Discounted utilities, Access to food banks ect ect. There is people who milk it for all they can and live comfortable lives on the low end.

 

[Printer Bandit]

to qualify for SSI, don't you have to have <$2,000 of assets at any given time?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

to qualify for SSI, don't you have to have <$2,000 of assets at any given time?

Something like that - I'm not sure about $2k, but there's a limit.

That said, it doesn't mean you can't squirrel cash away off the books. I think a lot of these SSI abusers have black market incomes.

 

[unokitty]

Yea man. It's not even close to a good life. ...

Sometimes I think that as a society, we have more respect for wild animals than we do for people...

Uno

 

[Moonbeam]

A lot of the folk I know who are on SSI are really pissed off about Mexicans getting welfare so at least you have that in common.

Also the I stands for Insurance, I believe, something you have had to pay into for 10 years to receive. We need to start a thread lambasting folk who use insurance. You can start with me. I just collected 67,000 as a first payment on a larger claim.

 

[feralkid]

Opps. :|

You mean Oops, Stewie.

 

[manimal]

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/SSIamts.html

A bunch of the lawyers take a percentage for the first 12 months as their "fee."



Between the hospital and the office I see quite a few patients. A fair few on SSI (particularly in the hospital).

Glad your doing something to help them.


Most of the people I know on SSI have serious problems. You should know that.



Every single incentive scheme ever made or implemented has fraud and abuse.


Doesnt mean some people dont need it.




You should know that.

 

[TheSlamma]

It doesn't' take much to get on it anymore.. everyone seems to figure out some condition or loophole in this pathetic system, meanwhile I've got facet joint syndrome, arthritis in my spine, occipital neuralgia and you will not find me close to asking for any of these free handouts, doesn't even cross my mind.

 

[jagec]

It doesn't' take much to get on it anymore.. everyone seems to figure out some condition or loophole in this pathetic system, meanwhile I've got facet joint syndrome, arthritis in my spine, occipital neuralgia and you will not find me close to asking for any of these free handouts, doesn't even cross my mind.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for you because you're choosing to be a martyr? If you qualify for a program, apply. Irrational behavior just makes the whole system less efficient.

 

[feralkid]

It doesn't' take much to get on it anymore.. everyone seems to figure out some condition or loophole in this pathetic system, meanwhile I've got facet joint syndrome, arthritis in my spine, occipital neuralgia and you will not find me close to asking for any of these free handouts, doesn't even cross my mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O1TbUHGN_k

 

[madoka]

That said, it doesn't mean you can't squirrel cash away off the books. I think a lot of these SSI abusers have black market incomes.

I did a lot of pro bono work which involved helping people get SSI.

If I was immoral and properly motivated, I'm pretty sure I can readjust my life so that I could be on SSI too while still earning what I do now. 😱

 

[Sonikku]

Just remember that they'll mostly have miserable lives watching daytime TV all day, eating garbage, and dying at 55 due to terrible health.

Probably for the best. If the warning signs are any indication, the system could collapse by that point. You're looking at a whole lot of issues over the next 30 years. Education gap widening between Americans and the rest of the world, Dollar potentially losing it's reserve currency status, possible hyper inflation, elite running government directly, automation and AI completely redefining capitalism and economics etc. In any case it seems unlikely the system of slashing taxes/increased spending and more borrowing can be continued forever. Could be a pretty bumpy ride.