Well, some of us are permanently disabled and that is nothing to be ashamed of.
SS disability is also not an entitlement program. The money I receive is what I paid into the system all my working life, starting at the age of 15 and working 35 years before becoming disabled.
Perhaps a little research into the subject before you comment on it would be helpful.
And since I am sure there is more than one disabled person here, the input from fellow members could prove invaluable.
So please stop thinking that everyone who does not work is a freeloader and doesn’t want to work. Your attitude does not serve you well.
“Well, some of us are permanently disabled and that is nothing to be ashamed of.”
Obviously you are not ashamed. That was my point - not that you should be ashamed, but that you should be less eager to advertise your dependency.
The problem for taxpayers like me is that a good many of you on disability are not permanently disabled, if disabled at all, and that, too, in the new definition of “conservative” we live in is nothing to be ashamed of either.
What is deserving of my pity, and I do pity you, is your long-term planning for dependency, so much so that you are quite publicly inquiring as to how to purchase a house with you new entitlement revenue stream.
“So please stop thinking that everyone who does not work is a freeloader and doesn’t want to work. Your attitude does not serve you well.”
I won’t let you characterize the discussion incorrectly. You may or may not be a freeloader, I simply do not know. But you are definitely an entitlement state dependent. If the government did not send you a check, you would be destitute, correct?
That is sad, and it used to be nothing to crow about.
12 years on SSD through no fault of my own. People wonder what that FICA tax was but paid it happily. SSD IS NOT an entitlement. People go running off without the facts. Sheesh. GL to you...I just refinanced my HELC and locked it into a HEL and all my income was pension and SSD. As long as your debt to income ratio works for the bank, you’re in.
It is for some people, and the numbers suggest it's becoming the entitlement program of choice for people who can't find work. As a landlord, I've seen countless applicants who receive SSDI for everything from "attention deficit" to being obese.