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Long story, been happening over the past few months and it's really pissing me off. Anyway my dad is a Vietnam Vet who was messed up because of the war. In fact a lot of his problems are linked directly to the war. He suffered from agent orange and his health and emotional stability has declined over the years. The disability caused by the war forced my dad out of work. Since he was not working, and since his disability was caused by the war, the government decided to put him at 100% disability.
After a few weeks we found out that the government ruled my dad incompetent to handle his money because of some emotional problems. So my father signed over the rights to my mother. The government at first had no problems with this, but they had to come out and make sure my mother was stable enough to handle the money - and that she wasn't going to abuse the government. So they came out, left and about a month ago we found out they did NOT find her fit to handle their money. They said we had too many bills and so they were going to do the handling.
Now my parents have been married 20 years in June. Throughout those 20 years my mother handled the money. In 20 years never once did we go a night without food. In 20 years never once did they have to shut off our power. In 20 years never ONCE did my mother make a late payment on a bill. In 20 years never once did I go without clothes, a birthday, a Christmas, an easter, or any other holiday. In 20 years NEVER once did I feel that we were financially strapped. Yet the government thinks my mother is NOT capable of running the money, even though she's done a pretty damn good job of it for the past 20 years.
But it gets better. The government basically said THEY will take the money my dad gets through his disability and THEY will pay the bills. Whatever remains will go to us. They also took away my mom's charge cards, QVC cards, gas cards and any other card that we sometimes used. We also must pay them $90 a month to do the processing.
They told us our lives would get better.
This started about a month ago. They've paid the bills, but they've yet to give us the remaining money. So for the past two weeks we've not been shopping. We've got no new food. No gas in the car and hardly anything left in the fridge. For the first time in MY life I feel we're financially strapped. How is THIS making our lives better?
We've basically eaten scraps for the past two weeks because the government has YET to give us our money. Sad part is, we actually had more money after my mother paid the bills than we're getting back now that the government is paying our bills. But not only that, we've got to wait on the incompetent government to give us OUR money.
If we don't obey their ruling, they'll cut my dad off disability. He can't work my mom hasn't worked since 1996 - when my grandfather had a stroke and she had to give up HER job to move in with my grandparents to help take care of him. She's in her 50s, what are the odds of her landing a job that will be able to pay the bills? Zero.
All because the government found her incompetent to pay the bills - even though she did a good job of it for the past 20 years.
I mean when will life give you a break? I mean only two months after grandma dies and we're socked with another brick.
The government has fucked my family. They've stolen our ability to live.
Home of the free my ass. My dad fucking FOUGHT for this piece of shit nation and this is how they repay him?
FUCK THAT!
People wonder why I hate America? It's because it treats its underclass like PURE SHIT! Only in America can you put your life on the line for you government and return and get SHAT on by it.
Even though my dad is FUCKED and at times I wish he was dead, it doesn't change the fact that he tried his hardest to make ends meet. Throughout my life he and my mom went without so my brother and I could have that extra special toy. Or that extra special shirt. My mother NEVER fucked us over financially, but here the richest nation in the world is. Makes grand sense, doesn't it?
Word of the wise - DON'T join the military. They only care about you when you're over there. Once you're back, they can give a rats ass about your problems or your needs.
World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf - Hell today's two pointless wars will breed the same results.
I'm so royally pissed right now I can cry.
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