Posted on 01/19/2020 9:00:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
At least on the Plantations they had to WORK to get fed.
Glad I covered myself—as President Trump might say it was a perfect post. Sort of.
I do feel sorry for the truly disabled, including people who have chronic fatigue as you said.
Before I diagnosed myself on my own and took two years to convince the MD she should treat me for hypothyroidism, I had bad fatigue, brain fog , hot flashes and muscle and joint pains. The MD is one who agrees to treat only if she is covered for malpractice by what I call a “sports score”-—a proven blood test result scoring at a number to show thyroid too low—as I already diagnosed for 2 years! The Rx took away some symptoms.
I struggled mightily to work to my age 71 retirement with that brain fog and fatigue. No disability, of course.
These are the people who seem to have plenty of cash for medical marijuana.
Cannot comment because any hint of discussion of marijuana here causes intense controversy. Including from several people I really respect here.
I'm sorry but I'm not prepared to make a joint statement with you.
Those states are welcome to supplement whatever able bodies losers in their states.
My mother was a social worker, and it gave me a look at the welfare system. These people are at least able bodied enough to plunge fries into hot oil.
“The new rule...will allow states to waive the work requirement only in areas where the unemployment rate is above 7 percent.”
And that leads to a SOLUTION for the Blue States. Simply raise their Minimum Wage to $25/hour, so that their unemployment rate hits 10% (at the least), and they can have all the handouts they want.
In many/most cases, food stamps hurt the beneficiaries.
Food stamps rob the peeps of their good instincts to work and be productive and have a sense of self-worth and set good examples for their kids.
Food stamps feed into the worst instincts of lassitude and "gimmie free stuff".
I’m all for this.
I volunteer as an intake interviewer at a local food bank. As such I encounter these food stamp (they’re trying to change the name to SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but they’re not having much luck around here) folks all the time.
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Me: Are you working?
Client: I get a government check.
Me: Thank you, are you working? (It’s possible to work and get a gvt check.)
Client: No.
Me: How much money do you spend at the grocery store?
Client: I get food stamps.
Me: Thank you. I see from your paperwork that you get food stamps. How much?
Client: Well, I was getting $300. But Jamel moved out and applied for food stamps on his own. They cut me down to $230.
Me: Not counting the $230 in food stamps, how much are you spending at the grocery store?
Client: I told you I get food stamps.
Me: Yes you did but food stamps won’t buy everything you need. Toilet paper, deodorant and shampoo for example.
Client: I don’t buy that stuff at the grocery store.
Me: Okay, but where ever you buy it, how much are you spending?
Client: $50.00 I guess.
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This pretty well sums up the food stamp part of the interview. Sometimes it’s like pulling teeth with these folks. They know I’m going to ask these questions, they’re in here every six weeks. I think they enjoy busting my chops.
Age Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by 63 Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell Washington, D.C. 1956 2010–present &2016–present Obama 73 District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan Washington, D.C. 1947 1994–present — — Clinton 77 District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Washington, D.C. 1943 1997–present — — Clinton 57 District Judge James E. Boasberg Washington, D.C. 1963 2011–present — — Obama [FISC - 2021] 66 District Judge Amy Berman Jackson Washington, D.C. 1954 2011–present — — Obama 57 District Judge Rudolph Contreras Washington, D.C. 1962 2012–present — — Obama [FISC - 2023] 49 District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Washington, D.C. 1970 2013–present — — Obama 53 District Judge Christopher R. Cooper Washington, D.C. 1966 2014–present — — Obama 58 District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan Washington, D.C. 1962 2014–present — — Obama 59 District Judge Randolph Moss Washington, D.C. 1961 2014–present — — Obama 49 District Judge Amit Mehta Washington, D.C. 1971 2014–present — — Obama 51 District Judge Timothy J. Kelly Washington, D.C. * 1969 2017–present — — Trump 42 District Judge Trevor N. McFadden Washington, D.C. * 1978 2017–present — — Trump 53 District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich Washington, D.C. 1967 2017–present — — Trump 50 District Judge Carl J. Nichols Washington, D.C. * 1970 2019–present — — Trump ====================== 91 Senior Judge Joyce Hens Green inactive 1928 1979–1995 1995–present Carter 82 Senior Judge Thomas F. Hogan Washington, D.C. 1938 1982–2008 2001–2008 Reagan &2008–present 77 Senior Judge Royce Lamberth San Antonio, Texas [#1] 1943 1987–2013 2008–2013 Reagan &2013–present 76 Senior Judge Paul L. Friedman Washington, D.C. 1944 1994–2009 2009–present Clinton 82 Senior Judge Gladys Kessler inactive 1938 1994–2007 2007–present Clinton 72 Senior Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. inactive 1948 1997–2011 2011–present Clinton 67 Senior Judge Richard W. Roberts inactive 1953 1998–2016 2013–2016 Clinton &2016–present 72 Senior Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle Washington, D.C. 1948 1999–2014 2014–present Clinton 71 Senior Judge Reggie Walton Washington, D.C. 1949 2001–2015 2015–present G.W. Bush 73 Senior Judge John D. Bates Washington, D.C. 1946 2001–2014 2014–present G.W. Bush 71 Senior Judge Richard J. Leon Washington, D.C. 1949 2002–2016 2016–present G.W. Bush 74 Senior Judge Rosemary M. Collyer Washington, D.C. 1945 2002–2016 2016–present G.W. Bush [FISC - 2020]
& denotes Chief Judge of the Court
* denotes Federalist Society member
# denotes Federalist Society associate
[#1] Lamberth has sat with the Western District of Texas since 2015
FISC denotes United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
All Democrat attorney generals. Quelle surprise.
Yeah that brain fog is terrible- very hard to deal with- the fatigue is no picnic either i can imagine- my friend just looks awful some days- They explain it like having the flu constantly, and some days it even looks like they have the flu- they just look like something the cat dragged in- so i can imagine how hard it would be to try to work with symptoms like that-
Let the FED drop it and let the states ‘handle’ it.
Same as the illegal situation.
Let the States/cities pay for it.
As long as people in New Mexico and Idaho etc are helping to pay for NY welfare etal not a problem for NYers.
When the states/cities have to raise taxes to cover their own freebies, the voters should be able to take care of it.
Real problem is have taxes ever been ‘downgraded’ once a program is over? Redundant, I know...
Very insightful comments, thanks. Yes, mow the front lawn in shorts and T-shirt —lookin’ good— then take five days to recover...out of sight. I know it well. Mow the back yard the next week. No, I’m not on disability: couldn’t work enough hours over my career to qualify.
you should be able to get disability- but you’ll only get minimum, which i think is around $700 a month or so because you didn’t get enough weeks in at high enough wage- that’s what they give to folks that are either disabled and have never worked, or those that work only a short time and get disabled on the job like from accident or disease or whatever
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