[KoRn]

I’d say about 2/3rds of the folks spoke of in this article are “disabled”. They probably co-habitate(shackup) with someone and have a few kids. The kids will REALLY cause the .gov handouts to multiply. I believe the “disability” program is very generous when it comes to dependents.

So.... They get their free ‘cash money’ from “disability”, their food from ‘food stamps’, they likely get some form of rental/housing assistance, heating/cooling assistance, more spending cash from TANF, WIC(on top of the food stamps) from having the kids, a free cell phone, and I’m SURE there’s a bunch of shit I’m leaving out!

If I had to guesstimate, I’d say all of the above probably adds up to about $35-$40,000(maybe $50-$55k for the household), depending on the area someone is in. That’s a middle class salary right there. I’m not even getting into any ‘under the table’ cash they could be bringing in via odd jobs, black market, or even working for a crooked employer paying cash.

Need to stop thinking about it.... If I allow myself to dwell on it, I’ll feel like a total sucker for busting my ass working hard to support my family. My wife totally feels the same way. I swear, if this continues, someday we might just decide to pick up our toys and go home. We’ll get us some remote mountain property somewhere, liquidate everything, and just totally ‘Go Galt’.

[Paladin2]

“CALIFORNIA: CITY TO PAY FOR SEX CHANGES”

[3catsanadog]

I work with a gal. She and her husband ( who also works full time) have a son who has been diagnosed with ADHD. They get SSI because of this. They just bought a fancy new house last year on a couple acres of land.

I'm scratching my head.

[StAnDeliver]

"Need to stop thinking about it.... If I allow myself to dwell on it, I’ll feel like a total sucker for busting my ass working hard to support my family. My wife totally feels the same way. I swear, if this continues, someday we might just decide to pick up our toys and go home."

"The Election -- listen I think this is where this country's at right now ... I like a country where people bust their tookus, and I think this country's gone a long way towards becoming more of a European model. And I would say once again, read the book, Amity Schlaes' book The Forgotten Man -- if you are out there now, making $45,000 a year, busting your hump being away from your family because it's in your hard drive to do the right thing, the right thing changed in this country yesterday. You can get close to that from the government." -- Dennis Miller, The Factor, Nov. 7, 2012

[Little Ray]

My daughter REALLY is disabled.
She was horribly burned, with major scarring. And, as a result of general anestheisa for major surgies, she has memory issue - her memory is shot to heck, and, literally, she can’t recognize the number eleven - though she can handle numbers to either side.
Guess what? Since I work for a living, I can’t get SSI for her. Make too much money, you see.
I really and truly hate these people both those that run SSI and those milking it.