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The Illusions of Supplemental Security Income, from Someone Who Knows
American Thinker ^ | 02/16/2013 | Deborah C. Tyler

Posted on 02/16/2013 12:53:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind

I've looked at SSI Disability from both sides now, from in and out, and still somehow it's the scammers, the duped, and the resentful I recall.

I have been involved in hundreds of SSI Disability cases. I have worked in the system providing mental status exams, called consultative examinations, in two states. I have done dozens of private psychological evaluations for people trying to get on Disability rolls. I have sent reams of case notes and reports to the Disability bureaucracy on behalf of therapy clients.

There have been memorable examinations. One was of a sassy prostitute. She said she worked for an "escort service," but it seemed important to her that I know the full range of her proficiencies. Her claim for SSI was based on major depression, but she seemed in high spirits to me -- or, as we say, "affect contraindicated mood disorder at this time." I think she was just getting a little long in the tooth for "claimant's customary employment."

I have interviewed foul-mouthed teenagers whose mommas thought they could shake a few dollars out of the system on the basis of "oppositional-defiant disorder." One 17-year-old was memorable because she came with a baby on her hip. Without the sophistication or coaching to understand what kind of money she was trying to get, she told me with more than a hint of hostility how smart, empowered, and free she was to do "whatever the f-" she wanted. I asked her, "Do you know what the word 'disability' means?"

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To: hosepipe

Whether you are a Ward of the federal givernment or a citizen of a State is exactly to conversation to have..
Democrats will fight to the death NOT TO HAVE THIS conversation.. and not a few RINOs..

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Totally agree with you but you still are an a**.


41 posted on 02/16/2013 5:31:41 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: CharlesMartelsGhost

SSI or SSDI are not entitlements they are welfare programs:


Quite true.. but some would say welfare is an entitlement..
Which IS the question... What is a citizen entitled to?..
This has never been fleshed out.. little wonder the open door thats been given to it..

The commies walked right in sat down and “boguarded” the conversation..
Course they renamed themselves with several handels to confuse..
And it did when “WE” sent conservatives to Wash. that didnt even know what conservative meant..

So how on earth could they fight for something they didnt know what “WAS”..
Course it is much worse today.. Boehner and Mac whats his name are clueless..

Welfare always was a political disease, but now it seems to be terminal..
Boehner and Mac are doing “Weekend at Bernies” with Uncle Sam.. and the cigar has gone out.. the ball cap is askew..


42 posted on 02/16/2013 5:44:22 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Chickensoup

Totally agree with you but you still are an a**.


You should have asked me “if I WAS an ass”...
Then you would not be calling me a name..

I accept name calling.. but alas; I GRADE IT..
We use trolls out here as target practice.. [beware]..
Are you a troll?..


43 posted on 02/16/2013 5:50:04 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Yes I am a troll.

and you remain an a**.


44 posted on 02/16/2013 5:59:59 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: Chickensoup
Yes I am a troll, and you remain an a**.
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I really love straight forward answers..
Hold my cigar and beer..
....(( HUG ))...

45 posted on 02/16/2013 6:05:12 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Take another drink...


46 posted on 02/16/2013 6:07:59 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: Chickensoup

Take another drink...


I don’t drink and my breath smells of roses and my teeth are white..
BOTH OF THEM..


47 posted on 02/16/2013 6:12:33 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

I don’t drink and my breath smells of roses and my teeth are white..
BOTH OF THEM..

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That many?


48 posted on 02/16/2013 6:13:52 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: Chickensoup

Don’t try to sweet talk me Soupy, I’m tough...
Catch ya on the “git back”... Lock an Load...


49 posted on 02/16/2013 6:17:50 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: dalereed
"Applying when not TOTALLY disabled should be a fellony!! If they can work at any kind of a job they shouldn’t qualify."

And Death for bad grammar and misspelled words!!!

50 posted on 02/16/2013 7:26:16 PM PST by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo

“And Death for bad grammar and misspelled words!!! “
i do it just to piss off pople like youse!


51 posted on 02/16/2013 8:32:33 PM PST by dalereed
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To: SeekAndFind
The forces destroying the free-market economy are also served by the illusion that Americans are too sick to work.

Interesting post - thanks.

52 posted on 02/16/2013 8:33:51 PM PST by GOPJ (To be free is to own oneÂ’s risk - Jonathan Levy)
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To: CharlesMartelsGhost

I don’t doubt that what you state is true from a government/legal viewpoint. However, I can say without any doubt also that as a young lad getting his SS card at age 12 in 1938 that I/we were under the belief that SS payments were to be for the benefit at our old age retirement. That retirement SS income was geared to payments just to give us the security of some old age income.Based on your info I believe more than ever that SS was a government scheme/scam from courts to Congress to President. I have in my mind memories of Roosevelt extolling SS a personal savings account.


53 posted on 02/16/2013 9:48:49 PM PST by noinfringers2
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To: dalereed

Out of all the people I’ve met in my life who think they’re good at pushing peoples buttons, I’ve met very few who actually can. You’re not one of them.

You mispled stuipd.


54 posted on 02/16/2013 11:58:08 PM PST by Usagi_yo
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To: GeronL
bi-polar is a disability?

That's what I've heard.
I've never heard that.

55 posted on 02/17/2013 12:14:17 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

That clears that up.


56 posted on 02/17/2013 1:00:13 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: fatnotlazy
I walk with a cane, but my real disability is that my brain was oxygen deprived when my heart stopped. Now I have difficulty expressing coherent thoughts, trying to learn things and memory loss. I also can’t see well enough to do close work and my hearing is shot

Yet with all this, you still write better than 90% or more of the high school kids I teach.

One of America's primary problems is that we are discarding the last of the educated population for fear of medical and insurance costs.

I wish you the best.

57 posted on 02/17/2013 5:25:20 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (They say "Right Wing" but they mean "Wrong Wing"!)
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To: hosepipe

Don’t try to sweet talk me Soupy, I’m tough...
Catch ya on the “git back”... Lock an Load...

__________________

DON’T CALL ME SOUPY!

Aim and fire.


58 posted on 02/17/2013 3:54:54 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: Chickensoup

DON’T CALL ME SOUPY!


Thats the spirit..


59 posted on 02/17/2013 4:09:07 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Usagi_yo

And Death for bad grammar and misspelled words!!!

___________________

Isn’t that a disability?


60 posted on 02/17/2013 4:11:13 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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