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Is that really the life lesson that immigrants teach their kids? The lazy folks I've known like that wouldn't have been inclined to move thousands of miles for a better life.
My living? By your own admission people who have never contributed anything to the system can get government assistance. Where is mine? I started working when I was 16, I worked for 45 years. I have PTSD, I was encouraged to apply for disability 18 years ago, but I chose to keep working. I worked until September 25th 2024. The nerve pain in my leg was so bad that the health nurse sent me home. I had surgery but it only got worse. I haven’t been able to walk without crutches or a walker for over a year. I’m still waiting on a decision for if I qualify for disability. From what I’ve read I doubt that I will get it. Even if I do it will not be enough to live on, I will have to find something I can do part time that doesn’t require standing or walking. I don’t qualify for any government assistance. I took money out of my IRA to live off of. Neither party helps me. Where is government assistance for people who have worked all their lives and can no longer work? It goes to people who have never contributed anything
You were a cop, weren't you? That's what I was referring to. Part of this largesse in taking care of more and more people goes to fund the salaries of government employees, like you and your wife.
According to the numbers you put up, you should be about 62, which would mean you’re eligible for social security. Don’t you also have a pension and/or disability insurance through your employer? I know you said you’re waiting on the government disability approval, but from your description, that should be something you’re eligible for, even if it takes a while.
It's not about the "resources", but the blatant racism of the administration.
If I don't get disability I will draw Social Security but will still have to work part time. But my SS is money that I paid in.
I believe I did. You claimed that people will come here, get low paying jobs, and live off government assistance. Was there some clarifying remarks I missed?
Some will be on government assistance as @iluvatar5150 and I were discussing. He thinks more people on government assistance creates jobs and that we need them to come here and have lots of children
Every economic assessment of our situation I have seen agrees with him. More workers equals more GDP and greater revenue. That does not change that the underlying assumption that people will come and live off free handouts is biased and disproven by real world data. The vast majority that come here work hard to achieve heir dreams. That is the American dream, is it not?
