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Social Security funds are working hard financing Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a huge federal welfare program. SSI has no “work requirement” unlike that other “welfare”. SSI pays $674 per month to the “disabled” of ANY age who NEVER paid into social security. The SSI check is not really for paying medical expenses. Medicaid does that. Millions of children receive SSI and are the sole or primary monetary support for their mothers. There are vast numbers of families (mostly single mothers and their children) who live entirely off of housing assistance from HUD programs, SSI for a child or two, and food stamps (snap) benefits, plus Medicaid. Quite often this “disabled” child (ADHD or asthma or low IQ or something) can go to school all day every day without interfering at all with Mama being able to hold down a job, but, wait a minute, why should she? Rent? Paid for by HUD. Groceries? Food Stamp benefits just got a 13.6 per cent increase last April. Need meds? Have some Medicaid. No pressure to get out there and work. Who does that?

There are some rumors/speculations other places on the net that suggest that we could possibly have a "banking holiday," or even worse in September or October. I shudder to think of the social unrest should it all come crashing down! Perhaps, it is not such a stretch to think about it with all the NLE09 exercises being conducted right now. What are they preparing for? I doubt another Katrina.

I don't want to ruin anyone's weekend, but I ask you all to go to my Thread, and please read all the articles carefully and connect the dots. We all need to be thinking abut how to protect ourselves and our loved onesClick Here