Lazamataz wrote,
>> Adopt the Multiple Sclerosis Anti-Discrimination Social Security Act.
>
> My mom has multiple sclerosis, and she would even oppose this. No
> ‘protected classes’ based on disease.
All of you have certain rights to Social Security Disability, provided you file your claim within a specified period after losing your employment because of disability. You might also have other rights under SSI if you file too late to receive Social Security Disability but the SSI
payments will probably be smaller. Per the Social Security Administration, “Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), which is based on prior work under Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Under SSI, payments are made on the basis of financial need.”
MS can be a very sneaky devil. The victim can suffer cognitive problems, unexplained weakness, unexplained inability to get out of bed to go to work on various mornings, and so on. It can take years in some cases for some doctor to get the bright idea to look for MS. In the case of many on the MS web sites, those years between initial onset and diagnosis are often years of declining earnings or sheer inability to get or hold a job of any sort. The right to Social Security Disability at any specific income level wanes also - SSA says it “is based on prior work”, but it is really based on income from such work. As compensation declines, so does the Disability award. The longer it takes to get a diagnosis, the smaller the award. Several other diseases like MS (maybe fibromyalgia?) also take a long time to manifest. I am disappointed that you would label this as some sort of “’protected class’ based on disease”. It is more a victimized class because of disease. For many disabling diseases the right to SSDI manifests immediately. Perversely, those are the fortunate as compared with MS victims, at least with regard to SSDI.
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA wrote,
> Mr. Barkley, I was wondering if it was your wife who suffered from M.S.?
> It is a hard thing to watch a loved one suffer and I am truly sorry.
> I believe the lady I read about was named Jeanne? Was she related to you?
Thank you for your comments. Yes, we were married for 36 years before she died of “hospital mistakes” following surgery for ovarian cancer, which cancer was shielded from discovery by the MS symptoms and treatment. She was a very special lady. The hospital mistakes took her about 3 months
before the metastasized cancer would have and if they hadn’t taken her, the suffering would have been unbearable. I have mixed feelings about those mistakes, she wanted to live as long as possible, but they relieved her of the escalating suffering. It’s an unanswerable riddle.
Arrowhead1952 wrote,
> Sooooooooooooooooooooo, you are still here, but refuse to reply.
Um, actually I’ve been busy digging ditches to run underground utilities to a house. At the moment I’m writing an answer to:
“191 posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 2:27:42 PM by Mr. Silverback”.
and maybe
“176 posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:10:08 AM by aruanan “
but it’s going to take me a bit. It’s difficult to figure out which of you are looking for answers or which are just posing rhetorical questions.
For those of you looking for who I’m running against for Congress, please see post #52 for the upcoming California redistricting bug tussle. It would be interesting to see if Ms. Pelosi, for instance winds up representing the great city of Fresno. . . .
On the IBTZ question, well, it is what it is. Should the Big Z come down, I’ve listened to each of you and carefully considered your comments.
Best wishes, —Mike
Mr. Barkley,
It is customary, when replying to another poster(s), to submit your reply directly to that poster(s).
Since you named the above posters in your post, I have taken the liberty of pinging them on your behalf so they may be alerted to your reply in post #197.
You addressed the chaff of my comments, and not one kernel of wheat.
Yessir, you are a lightweight. I am a computer developer, as you state you are. If you program like you debated, you'd have one very pretty screen control on an otherwise useless GUI with almost codebehind and database support.
I view you as a very unlikely candidate, and predict your Congressman will trounce you handily.
ALL of your primary responses are MS related. I understand the impact on your life; it devestated my younger years as well, to see Mom so inflicted.
Now, bearing in mind that your opponent will handily crush you -- he's got the cash, the name, the will to run again on your ticket, and so on -- would it not be a better and more productive effort to create or join a group that lobbies for MS research? Also, are you aware of new research that shows promise in halting MS progression outright? If you are interested, I will find it for you.
PS: If you want to take my guns, you will need to kill me, and there are millions out there just like me. Give genocide a rest, okay?
Lose the [ic], because you are not democratic. Your progressive ideas have done nothing but pull this country apart. Just admit you are a communist.