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SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
72. Right on the money
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:12 AM
May 2017

Absolutely true, it's not the determination to work they lack, it's the physical stamina, I know this for a fact, if I could still work I would be.

I know for certain that the inability to work has nothing to do with the desire to, I wish I could hold down a job but there's a point when no matter what accommodations are offered to help you continue working you just can't keep up the pace.

We have good days and bad days, we don't get to choose when they happen, this is the deciding factor in continuing employment.

I volunteer at the local Veterans home on an as can basis, I'd love to do more but it's not feasible, I'm an officer in a national service organization and do what I can to help others, and I'm lucky I can do that.

The truly disabled have no choice in the matter, it's not their fault.

And these bastards want to take away their hope along with their pride.

They must want to lose their livelihood like we have.

We should volunteer to help them.

A lot of chump supporters receive ssi disabilty kimbutgar May 2017 #1
I don't think so. Will "Fox News" report it?,,,? Stuart G May 2017 #2
They'll just parrot "It would be worse under Hillary" The Mouth May 2017 #3
Welcome to Democratic Underground...!! Stuart G May 2017 #4
Thank you The Mouth May 2017 #9
Welcome to DU, The Mouth! calimary May 2017 #7
Thank you The Mouth May 2017 #11
Exactly what a Trump supporter friend of mine said last week egold2604 May 2017 #64
welcome to du niyad May 2017 #84
Thanks! The Mouth May 2017 #129
hi leetexy May 2017 #14
Hi John, progressoid May 2017 #39
welcome to du niyad May 2017 #82
Welcome to DU, to you too, leetexy! calimary May 2017 #89
Welcome The Mouth May 2017 #141
Trump campaigned in this FakeNoose May 2017 #25
SSI & SSDI dajoki May 2017 #138
Trump said he was doing away with SSDI disability payments FakeNoose May 2017 #147
Yes the do elmac May 2017 #28
He is a sadistic asshole liberal N proud May 2017 #5
YES! With a visage like a kindly uncle, complete with reading glasses. WinkyDink May 2017 #37
Many people know someone Marthe48 May 2017 #6
THIS maxsolomon May 2017 #10
Work the harvest in places where PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #33
I have people who glare at me and treat me badly if they find out that Doreen May 2017 #60
So true CountAllVotes May 2017 #102
I can make people jaws drop when I ask them how they would Doreen May 2017 #104
Attitude adjustment CountAllVotes May 2017 #112
we have got to stick together dajoki May 2017 #139
My sister knows why he's on SSDI maxsolomon May 2017 #126
Yep, There Are Certainly RobinA May 2017 #66
Or a rich freeloader that wants MORE NOW CountAllVotes May 2017 #105
Part of the problem is the groundwork has already been laid to kick people off. haele May 2017 #123
It isn't can they work a little. it is about being able to perform full-time 58Sunliner May 2017 #81
Who they THINK doesn't deserve it, at least. alarimer May 2017 #124
Exactly my point Marthe48 May 2017 #127
Yes, it is. alarimer May 2017 #134
It is out there Marthe48 May 2017 #136
Trump's America is Dickensian bucolic_frolic May 2017 #8
You are so right about that!! n/t dajoki May 2017 #140
Problems with SSDI Honeycombe8 May 2017 #12
About the so called "frauds" Stuart G May 2017 #16
Since when does Judge Judy deal with these issues? Her cases are all civil, person v. person. HOW WinkyDink May 2017 #38
She often asks people if they work & how they get their money to live. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #45
1.) "College aid" is irrelevant here. 2.) You cited no example of "SSDI Fraud." WinkyDink May 2017 #46
Yes, I did. Re-read the post. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #50
Again, TV ratings, just like Gerry Springer MiddleClass May 2017 #99
You do know it's all for TV ratings, don't you MiddleClass May 2017 #98
I worked as a litigation paralegal for 40 years. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #128
I totally agree, technically, your right on how it's funded, MiddleClass May 2017 #132
I hope you realize there are disabilities you can't see TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #65
I Think We Can RobinA May 2017 #68
+1,000 !! CountAllVotes May 2017 #110
This Is a Peeve RobinA May 2017 #67
SSDI for someone who's has never worked is about $705 per month underpants May 2017 #80
SSDI is Social Security Disability Insurance just like regular insurance MiddleClass May 2017 #93
Oops my bad underpants May 2017 #96
That's cool, I guess you could call it rhetorical. Directed to inform the readers, MiddleClass May 2017 #100
That's SSI TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #131
Really-Judge Judy and you are the expert. Give me a fu***** break. 58Sunliner May 2017 #85
That's an intelligent response. Very persuasive. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #130
My question? MiddleClass May 2017 #87
You might be confusing SSI and SSDI jesskirablue42 May 2017 #103
Yes the jobs you had for 10 years CountAllVotes May 2017 #107
SSDI is an earned benefit we all pay into! yallerdawg May 2017 #13
Your compassion reflects your kindness. crosinski May 2017 #26
You can be very young without having worked much at all, and qualify for SSDI. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #49
You are confusing SSDI with SSI Tursiops May 2017 #63
With Some Exceptions RobinA May 2017 #69
If you are under 18, disabled, mentally or physically, you qualify under your parents earnings, MiddleClass May 2017 #106
SSDI (if younger than 31...you only have to had worked minimally) Honeycombe8 May 2017 #95
Here's a chart that I posted a few years ago. Quackers May 2017 #52
Thanks for this. I got it first try so didn't know how brutal it is. Kittycow May 2017 #59
This is excellent and... WePurrsevere May 2017 #90
Spot on! CountAllVotes May 2017 #108
SSDI is part of Social Security (FICA). Honeycombe8 May 2017 #48
Let's go to an authority on this matter, shall we? yallerdawg May 2017 #70
Exactly. It's part of the SS funding, and if you are young, .... Honeycombe8 May 2017 #97
You pay into it for yourself CountAllVotes May 2017 #111
My wife is 100% disabled. yallerdawg May 2017 #114
SSI is state funded CountAllVotes May 2017 #115
My wife is evaluated and certified every 2 years by Social Security Administration. yallerdawg May 2017 #117
Same here CountAllVotes May 2017 #120
And when will we hear comparable "reporting" not fooled May 2017 #15
They always say that cutting the budget is the way to counter fraud. Kablooie May 2017 #17
That is an outright lie....Once under Bush..Social Security Department hadled Stuart G May 2017 #153
SSDI is a cottage industry in Trump country. keithbvadu2 May 2017 #18
People get hurt, people have no resources, they can not be retrained to another job. 58Sunliner May 2017 #91
Being without a job is not a disability. keithbvadu2 May 2017 #94
Should play this as a commercial on faux news shows. kacekwl May 2017 #19
The amount many on disability get is below the poverty level. nt cstanleytech May 2017 #20
People who do the harder, labor intensive jobs orangecrush May 2017 #21
I'm disabled. SonofDonald May 2017 #24
Thank You for sharing your life experience. I like this one sentence... Stuart G May 2017 #40
Thanks for standing up orangecrush May 2017 #56
we need people like you to speak out Skittles May 2017 #62
If I could find a forum to do so. SonofDonald May 2017 #71
I hear you Skittles May 2017 #122
+1 CountAllVotes May 2017 #118
If they would only listen to us. SonofDonald May 2017 #149
mulvaney is cruel, heartless, barbtries May 2017 #22
These people are just bastards florida08 May 2017 #23
You're allowed to earn some money while drawing disability. crosinski May 2017 #31
Yes you can earn money, but it is taken out of SSDI the amount you earn. 58Sunliner May 2017 #92
Right on the money SonofDonald May 2017 #72
He's pure evil. George II May 2017 #27
It can be done ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #29
Please tell me when exactly the American people MiddleClass May 2017 #30
My theory? When Robin Leach introduced "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." Envy and worship WinkyDink May 2017 #44
never could stand that program. you may be correct. niyad May 2017 #88
You know, I think you're right. MiddleClass May 2017 #116
Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles May 2017 #61
welcome to du. a most excellent question. niyad May 2017 #86
Thank you, a little perspective is needed. These days MiddleClass May 2017 #133
Rayguns...the 80s...greed is good remember? workinclasszero May 2017 #155
This guy is really something PatSeg May 2017 #32
I'm not saying I wish an awful demise upon him. I'm just saying. WinkyDink May 2017 #42
Of course not PatSeg May 2017 #54
Republicans aren't intelligent enough to realize how ugly they look to human beings. Judi Lynn May 2017 #34
Karma is waiting Paula Sims May 2017 #35
Of course, besides his complete EVIL, MM ignores the reality that many SSDI recipients were once not WinkyDink May 2017 #36
Is it wrong that part of me wants these people to get horrible, incurable diseases? Initech May 2017 #41
If that's wrong, I don't want to be right. WinkyDink May 2017 #43
SS really investigates folks before they get disability rurallib May 2017 #47
I shared this upthread Quackers May 2017 #53
I applied for SSDI... mbusby May 2017 #55
Same for my daughter. Plus, no one's mentioned the williesgirl May 2017 #58
Sadly, GatoGordo May 2017 #144
No one can disagree with that, but the problem is far, FAR smaller Hortensis May 2017 #146
You are correct SonofDonald May 2017 #150
Is it rude of me to wish Mr. Mulvaney Purple Dinger May 2017 #51
My cousin with MD AwakeAtLast May 2017 #57
They want to give us a choice--can't choose not to have diabetes and heart disease librechik May 2017 #73
WH Budget kirene1957 May 2017 #74
This is the TRUE death panel...... wolfie001 May 2017 #75
This asshat MFM008 May 2017 #76
I seriously believe that they are trying to "Thin Out the Herd". maveric May 2017 #77
F/U Mulvaney. For every one SSDI scammer, there's 100 disabled citizens that have been denied SSDI haele May 2017 #78
So true CountAllVotes May 2017 #119
The rural working white class voters were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires May 2017 #79
and I hope that you, and all the members of his maladministration, and all the fuckers who niyad May 2017 #83
A woman I know sustained an insurmountable spine injury. no_hypocrisy May 2017 #101
I'll bet Mick Mulvaney would change his tune if his name was on the SSDI list. usaf-vet May 2017 #109
"And now I'm off to church." kimmylavin May 2017 #113
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 May 2017 #121
We ALL pay the benefits, asshole. ProfessorPlum May 2017 #125
I hope this Koch desciple hits a brick wall on his way home and has his spine severed . He needs to geretogo May 2017 #135
GOD!! I really hate Republicans... yuiyoshida May 2017 #137
i worked for a cap agency when reagun came in ...overnight the rejections blew up dembotoz May 2017 #142
This is the latest Republican Newspeak talking point. Orsino May 2017 #143
I'm not surprised a freak like Mulvaney would say something like this. Most of the right-wing Lanius May 2017 #145
and I hope you rot in hell Alice11111 May 2017 #148
SSI is an abused program...we all should demand only those in need beachbum bob May 2017 #151
Do explain exactly how much it costs you in your paycheck? MiddleClass May 2017 #152
You have no idea of what you're talking about. Why don't you worry about fraud in the give-aways to WinkyDink May 2017 #156
I know someone who has spina bifida radical noodle May 2017 #154
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