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Florida GOP sweats over Social Security

lpast said:
Your absolutely right Harry..everything you said was fact....the average SS payment is a whopping 1100 a month...its not the SS recipients that worked and paid into SS thats breaking it....its all the freebies that have been added to it...

Spouses that never worked....children under 18 of a deceased parent....hes the one I love...If a man marries and remains married at one time it was just 9 months now I believe its two years..10 times...all 10 wives collect his social security...that is the kind of crap that has broken SS.
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I was talking about SSI.
It's for people with disabilities, that haven't earned enough credits to qualify for disability.
Usually, that means people who have life long, inborn disabilities, that are uninsurable.

A great many of these people are on SSI, just for the Medicaid benefits because they have no other option.
Now I would totally support a UHC system for these people, but no one really cares about that stuff.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
I was talking about SSI.
It's for people with disabilities, that haven't earned enough credits to qualify for disability.
Usually, that means people who have life long, inborn disabilities, that are uninsurable.

A great many of these people are on SSI, just for the Medicaid benefits because they have no other option.
Now I would totally support a UHC system for these people, but no one really cares about that stuff.
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Ok gotcha...thats the safety net side of SS...theres tons on disability SS thats breaking the bank too...too many young on it...for ridiculous reasons
 
Gipper said:
I would, but I'd rather outsource it to Canada.
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A friend of mine has a kid that was born with an enzyme liver condition, IIRC.

His wife left him when his son was young and he had to draw an SSI check to get his son on Medicaid, because the kid was uninsurable.
He didn't want the check but he had to take it, to get Medicaid.
To get any kind of disability benefit, like Medicaid you have to draw a check and that also means that they comb over your finances, making sure you and any supporters don't earn over a certain amount a year.
 
Sounds like a good argument for working under the table.

Just don't tell the IRS I said that. I've been trying to get a job with them for like 2 years.
 
Gipper said:
Sounds like a good argument for working under the table.

Just don't tell the IRS I said that. I've been trying to get a job with them for like 2 years.
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Basically, you have to cheat the system, in order to not have to live in the projects.
Some SS case workers will tell you this and others won't.
 
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