The ethics of citizenship

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by marichiko
Certainly, pick up the phone and call your local social security office and ask them what the benefit amount for SSI is.

Cute...you make a statement of fact with nothing to back it up, and when challenged, you expect me to go run and find it. I'm going to chalk it up to the fact that you're a newbie, for now.

In addition...

Originally posted by marichiko earlier in the day
At the end, do you know what the big payoff is for an individual disabled and unable to work?

No, of course not, because you with your intellectually curious mind, never bothered to find out. $560.00 a month. That's it plus about $50.00 in food stamps. That's what we expect our disabled citizens to live on.

You failed to specify which program you were referring to or whether you were talking about the minimum overall.

Lady Sycamore obviously receives SSDI which is the program for those who have accumulated enough paid in quarters of work history to qualify.

Of course it's obvious...b/c I told you what she was receiving.