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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
WeirdWriter@caneandable.social ("Robert Kingett") wrote:
Fuck my life. My country's social security system is the pits. I got survivors benefits because my abusive mother died. I didn't know social security counts that as extra income. I was getting the maximum amount on SSI. I was approved for survivors benefits but then they lowered my SSI payments because I'd have extra income. I know people don't like it when disabled people get things for free, but I wasn't going out and buying cars with it. Fuck.
> Your new amount will be $125 unless you appeal.
Firstly, that number is way disproportionate to what I was getting before. The fuck? That's a 95% reduction rate! I hate this system. You bet your ass I'll appeal. I'm lawyering up. Why is it okay for a billionaire to hoard multiple houses but I can't hoard an extra, say, $100 monthly? Explain why billionaires are applauded for stashing cash and poor people like me are spat on because we maybe want to stay at home and write Fan fiction. Oh, is it because I'm not working in your myopic view of work? You don't have a clue what living with a disability is like.
News flash. Billionaires don't work either. Billionaires exploit others labor.
If you wanna help,
If you are in the US, my Zelle is kingettr@gmail.com
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