I think at least part of it is a "just in case" issue. I'm sure that the other
part is, well, you know...

Oh, yeah, about the cigarette taxes: my mother buys her cigarettes in
Delaware, because it's a tax-free state.

What Social Security should do is base the amount of money a person
gets on the expenses they have. Show me one person who can afford
a house, food and clothing on a little over $600 a month! I can't even
afford the Medicare Part B deductible, which is why I'm still on my father's
insurance. At the very least, Social Security should work with low income
individuals to help them get into affordable housing programs. The way
I see it, Social Security fails to understand that medical conditions cost
money...beyond the so-called "cost of living".

JMHO, what they should have done a long time ago was take a servey of all the "lucky recieptients" add that number up divide it up by person who gets it
You might be surprised. We all could be getting more out of the deal.

Oh yeah, I know for a fact that my Aunt (someone who is pretty much the bane of my mom's and my existance) has put her two youngest kids on SS.... Is it me or does that seem right? I am thinking no becaus they're not adults yet (21). They don't have limitations of any kind. They're not even old enough to DRIVE. (Does that seem fair the the recipients or the ones who actually NEED it who were turned down?) The only "disability" thoose two have is the fact that thier mother (my aunt) acts like she's living in outer space. (space cadette. Belive me, you don't want to know. )

JMHO. They need to stop doing this kind of thing and putting KIDS on the system because thoose kids may be able to rise above thier disadavantages (a rough family life) and make something of themselves. It's almost like they get a "free pass" to be total unproductive citezens. (That's what all thoose scholarships are for. To help kids wiether or not disavantaged, to get to college.

Who knows, one of theese kids could be the person that finds the cure for hydro that can reverse what has happened to the current hydro population as well and create a vaccine or something given to the mother once she knows she's pregnat to PREVENT it from happening; (Being born with it.)

Again, I hope you don't get angry reading what I am saying.... but if the whole story I just typed up happens often. It's just not right. In fact, I don't feel right being on the system because my hydrocephalus NEVER acts up. (Well, on rare occasion.)

Take care

I guess I forgot to mention that I was laid off from my last job in Dec. 05.
I was put in a similar position (washing glassware for the labs) the first
week of '06. The 4th day (Thursday) at the new position, just as I was
getting ready to leave work, someone came in and told me that I might
not be in that position anymore. Sure enough, Friday comes and just
as I'm getting ready to leave, someone comes in and hands me a letter
saying that, "due to the nature of your medical condition, it is considered
unsafe for you to continue working in glassware." The "medical condition"
in question was epilepsy. So, they were going to put me in Housekeeping
(apparently, that's all I'm good for). Guess what? It was middle shift!
Did I mention that I have epilepsy? Did I mention that I can't drive?
Did I mention that I don't live near a bus stop? Which part didn't they
get??? To make a long story short, I've been on SSDI since '98.

As for the kids in the system, I don't know the rules, but I'm pretty
sure that the parents have to prove that the kids are not capable
of working. But, that's just a guess.

Probably so, but like I said, this woman is a total moron. (She insists on reffering to my parents as "mommy" and "daddy" when talking to me and I am well beyond that stage.)

With all the spinal problems I'm having, there's no way I could work.
Plus, like I said, there's the transportation issue. Besides, I was
already fired once (although they never called it that), because
I have epilepsy. Can you imagine what would happen if I needed
a shunt revision? That already happened while I was at my last
job. My shunt failed in '94, while I was still working. A short time
later, I got a reprimand from my supervisor, about the time I missed
(3 months) while I was recovering from surgery. While he claimed
that he knew it wasn't my fault, I knew he was doing it because
of "company policy".

BTW, it sounds to me like your aunt never grew out of her own
childhood.

LOL, about my Aunt, very funny.
Regurading you:
You got fired for missing work..... A sutuation you couldn't avoid. Well that stinks. I almost skipped my graduation from HS because unknown to everybody, I had a BLOCKAGE in the little tube, that was painful. I was sick for a very long time, but just chalked it up to stress and the excitement of being out of school and done with all the insesitive comments.

About you being let got from your job due to something you can't control. (The post-op recovery time.) I think there is an act the prohibits that from happening, then again it depends on what year you got fired and when the act was enforced. I think its called "Medical leave act", I think I am missing a word in the begining, I'll look it up later..... Might be the same medical leave act that protects parents from loosing thier jobs to take care of criticallly ill family members.

Take it easy as much as possible. You'll need your strength.

No, I got the reprimand for the post-op recovery time. I was "let go"
because I "didn't accept the alternate position they offered me"-the
middle shift housekeeping job. You know, the one I didn't have any
transportation for.

My last week of work was the first week of January, 1996.

I thought I would fill in a blank for you..It's the Family Medical Leave Act..

CoolAngel26