This is what I learned from your post, in a nutshell:
You were (are) capable of working, didn’t like what the real world had to offer (i.e., a low paying part-time job which would require you to get a second or third job to make ends meet), and *decided* to stay on disability because you’d be “better off”.
Is that what you’re admitting? Because it sure sounds like it.
How is this different from the “welfare queens” and “gibmedats” that Conservatives rant and rave about? I’m genuinely curious.
Um....no...
You made some assumptions that aren’t true. I forget that not everyone here knows my situation. So perhaps I should clarify.
I have a pile of health issues which I won’t go into, but early on, I was reluctant to accept that I couldn’t work, so I looked for a job. You see, I was raised by parents who instilled in my brother and me a strong work ethic. In my parents’ home, being a slacker and living on public assistance was unacceptable. I viewed disability benefits as charity and in our family we don’t take charity.
Fact is, with my health issues, I can’t work. Took me some time to accept that. It also took me some time to accept SSD and other benefits until a caseworker at a state bureau for the visually impaired (yes I have bad eyesight) told me it wasn’t charity. My tax dollars from 35 years working paid for these benefits.
There is a difference between accepting benefits you paid for through payroll taxes and collecting benefits you never worked for. The latter is what I object to. Why should I pay taxes to support some able bodied slob who spends his/her days smoking dope and producing children he”she can’t support?