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2013-09-21 Economy

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Posted by Bobby 2013-09-21 08:44|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's not racism Bobby, it's the lack of jobs for the marginally skilled, older workers. Coal miners in particular have hit the government for their check, the government having previously shut down their livelihood. I see some of the same thing in pulpwooding due to crazy safety rules. I can't find myself being too outraged when a 50 year old miner is out of work and needs cash and finds a sympathetic doctor (a local guy for sure). It a pisser, but I dunno, I just dunno.

Posted by Shipman 2013-09-21 10:35|| 2013-09-21 10:35|| Front Page Top

#2 OK, Ship. I feel for the unemployed, less for the unemployable and I blame DC.

Posted by Bobby 2013-09-21 11:05|| 2013-09-21 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 ...My wife, who has an immensely painful skin condition as well as bipolar, was turned down for disability earlier this year. The judge (and I want to make it clear I have no grudge against her; she listened fairly and has a reputation as being extremely fair and evenhanded) felt that my wife may have been exaggerating her symptoms. Since this was the second denial, there's not much we can do now.

What bothers me are the people I see who have never held a paying job - or tried to - in their entire lives. When I was working for a local ~~loan shark~~ finance company, I saw - quite literally - entire families where no one had ever tried to hold down constructive employment. Many of them had been pickling their brains from an early age, and then as soon as they were eligible applied for disability on the grounds that they were alcoholics. Granted, and from what I could see, without exception.

I have no grudge against the system or the people we dealt with - We played by the rules, and I have no reason to believe we were treated anything other than fairly given our circumstances and my wife's claim. I cannot, however, help but think that if she had simply made the decision not to stay clean and sober and try to work, but instead just stay home stoned and drunk, she would have a check.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2013-09-21 11:08|| 2013-09-21 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I received an application from a tweeker which said she wanted to be paid in cash because she is on disability.

There is the safety net, and then there is the hammock.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-09-21 13:32|| 2013-09-21 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I have no grudge against the system

Hummm.... I luv ya, but WTF not?

Posted by Shipman 2013-09-21 15:41|| 2013-09-21 15:41|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 I have no grudge against the system

Hummm.... I luv ya, but WTF not?

...Ship, it's hard to explain. Maybe the best way to put it is that I've worked with the Government in one way or another since I was 18. We did what we were supposed to do to make our case, and to the best of our ability to determine things, we were treated respectfully and fairly - we just didn't get the results we hoped for. In my life and my family, when this happens you suck it up and press on. :D

Now, on the other hand - if somebody shows me proof that my wife lost while somebody else was unfairly awarded disability, then all bets are off.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2013-09-21 17:16|| 2013-09-21 17:16|| Front Page Top

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