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How many here have ever been on any type of welfare?

Have you ever been on any type of welfare?

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TurtleDude said:
SSI doesn't come from the SS payments but rather from general funds
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I most certainly does come from SS payments, in fact the benefit is based upon what was paid in.
 
Kal'Stang said:
-- Next question: Do any of you that were on welfare (the ones that are on the type I am talking about) do you feel that you needed it at the time?
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Yes, I did.

I thought a bit more about what benefits I might still be getting (without realising I do) and I get child benefit for my three kids. In my case it doesn't come from the general taxpayers fund - it's alleviated from my personal taxes. I realised this when I was paying child support when my two eldest lived with their mother and she recieved child benefit which I was told (by the Govt agency) was coming out of my direct payments.

But back to the supplementary question - we don't have foodstamps here but as a young man working in London 25 years ago, housing benefit helped me pay my rent while I built up my freelance contacts. Once I started getting regular freelance / consulting contracts I didn't need any benefits and quickly became a high rate tax-payer.

I considered the taxes I paid back as a "thank you" as I wouldn't have been able to stay in London otherwise.
 
pbrauer said:
I most certainly does come from SS payments, in fact the benefit is based upon what was paid in.
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wanna bet?

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a Federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes):

you lose.
 
pbrauer said:
I most certainly does come from SS payments, in fact the benefit is based upon what was paid in.
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Yea SSI is for people who never earned enough credits to qualify for SSD, which is based on your lifetime earnings.
You have to have a minimum of 40 work credits (10 years of work) to qualify for SSD.
 
I've gotten Maternity Medicaid and WIC (probably will get WIC again here in CA as soon as I get a chance) since being an adult. When I was younger, we had Medicaid the year before I joined the Navy and my parents got WIC for all 6 of their children and my mother while she was pregnant or breastfeeding plus free or reduced lunch (although that really is a school thing). Never received foodstamps, although I have relatives who have been on them for years.

As a family of nine (my grandmother lived with us most of my childhood), we didn't really get a lot of treats growing up, and I remember going to bed hungry a few times on nights that were just before a payday.

So, I wonder if this has something to do with my poll about Welfare and/or the thread about foodstamps soda restriction?
 
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