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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 608554" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well, the Republicans are the ones who WANT everyone off entitlements so I think you're blaming the wrong people.</p><p></p><p>The system has been this way through both parties however. Here is another goofball example.</p><p></p><p>Sonic still lives here so his income, which we don't use, counts as household income and we therefore do not qualify for things like foodstamps. I can afford to go shopping maybe twice a month and spend $100 each time. You can imagine how little food we have, but we are used to it. This is all because Sonic still lives here, even though his money is his own. But we can't CLAIM Sonic as a disabled adult in our house when taxes come around. Why not? They are implying his income is part of the household income, but we can't use it at tax time.</p><p></p><p> Another example. I am on disability and would love to work, but lack the ability to work many jobs and the ones I could do do not include healthcare. So in order for me to keep my Medicare and Medicaid, which I get due to Disability, I have to remain disabled. This means I can only make a certain amount of money if I work so if I try to better my family's monetary situation, I lose healthcare. So would husband and daughter, who are still under State Healthcare, but that may change now that the AFA kicked in. At any rate, it would cost more for me to get a job and contribute more to my house and to society than if I don't work or work very little because healthcare is so incredibly expensive and I don't want to lose it.</p><p></p><p>People who are on welfare have learned to work for cash. Many babysit or are maids for cash under the table. Some cook pies and cakes and charge...cash only. When I babysit....cash only.</p><p></p><p>Our country has such a wobbly social safety net compared to other industrialized nations that we are driven to do these things and I don't blame anyone for playing the game. What if you have no family to back you up and the world falls in? </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry your daughter is caught in the middle of these silly rules. I hope you can figure something out without throwing them out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 608554, member: 1550"] Well, the Republicans are the ones who WANT everyone off entitlements so I think you're blaming the wrong people. The system has been this way through both parties however. Here is another goofball example. Sonic still lives here so his income, which we don't use, counts as household income and we therefore do not qualify for things like foodstamps. I can afford to go shopping maybe twice a month and spend $100 each time. You can imagine how little food we have, but we are used to it. This is all because Sonic still lives here, even though his money is his own. But we can't CLAIM Sonic as a disabled adult in our house when taxes come around. Why not? They are implying his income is part of the household income, but we can't use it at tax time. Another example. I am on disability and would love to work, but lack the ability to work many jobs and the ones I could do do not include healthcare. So in order for me to keep my Medicare and Medicaid, which I get due to Disability, I have to remain disabled. This means I can only make a certain amount of money if I work so if I try to better my family's monetary situation, I lose healthcare. So would husband and daughter, who are still under State Healthcare, but that may change now that the AFA kicked in. At any rate, it would cost more for me to get a job and contribute more to my house and to society than if I don't work or work very little because healthcare is so incredibly expensive and I don't want to lose it. People who are on welfare have learned to work for cash. Many babysit or are maids for cash under the table. Some cook pies and cakes and charge...cash only. When I babysit....cash only. Our country has such a wobbly social safety net compared to other industrialized nations that we are driven to do these things and I don't blame anyone for playing the game. What if you have no family to back you up and the world falls in? I'm sorry your daughter is caught in the middle of these silly rules. I hope you can figure something out without throwing them out. [/QUOTE]
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