Give disabled people who are unable to work a survivable wage

A buddy of mine was injured by an IED in Afghanistan, he lost his right eye. Every year he goes to the VA for his regular checkup and the doctor has to sign some paperwork that he then needs to get notarized. Social Security says they need all that to make sure he's still disabled... you know, checking that he hasn't spontaneously regrown an eyeball miraculously and would then be cheating the system I guess. Our benefit system for disabled people is really fucking broken.

Buddy of mine has no eyes. Has to get reevaluated every year. Still doesn't have eyes. Probably won't next year, let's check just to be sure

So if she doesn't attend she gets denied for missing appointments and if she does, she's obviously not disabled enough, right?

Well, if you cant work you are a shame (and a traitor) for the Working class as Serving the rich would normally be your one and only job. /s

I would go further, especially considering the context:

Give people a survivable wage.

Regardless of whether they can work or not. People's survival should not be contingent on working. Give people what they need to survive as a baseline, and then if they want to work for more, they can negotiate for employment on equal terms.

All these government benefits programs are ready to deny 100 valid people benefits if it means they stop one instance of fraud. Because only the one instance of fraud gets attention in the corporate media.

I was turned down with genitofemoral neuropathy because the government insists on record of ongoing treatment. The only continuous treatment for nerve damage is pain management, and I can’t take opiates.

I’ve paid into Social Security for 25 years, yet I can’t access my own money when I’m in desperate need of it. Fuck this system.

I can confirm that it's a fucking terrible process and that they'll use anything they can against you.

Give disabled people who are unable to work a survivable wage

Hilarious. Ha ha ha. As if.

Society was already hostile towards the disabled. Just wait to see how much worse it's going to get.

I'm not looking forward to it.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/09/blind-woman-denied-benefits-because-she-attended-dwp-interview-with-help-of-mother

suicide rate of applicants is pretty high already. incoming administration will only increase it

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That takes balls. That takes balls, George Osborne, Ian Duncan Smith... looking through disabled people's doors: "This is your fucking fault, mate, you. We could go after tax-avoiding multinationals. We could go after Vodafone, Starbucks, Amazon, Google, Gary Barlow, but it is your fucking fault. You."

"You're going back to work, mate. We don't give a fuck how disabled you are. Oh, you're paralysed from the neck down. We don't give a fuck, mate. There will be a farm out there looking for a scarecrow. Fucking go to the farm."

51% seems low

Nah, I'll do you one better. Abolish money, an economy based on mutual aid.

This whole thing was settled with Clinton.

Both sides have voted repeatedly to cut the social safety net, even for the disabled.

I do not think many people would disagree with the title.

In my opinion: the problems come mainly from freeloaders, that according to me do need to be refused.

And another problem I envision is the grey zone. Situations like me. I've diagnosed CPTSD, am neuratypical.

Working with other people 5 days a week destroyed me. But I managed to find a solution as a self-employed person. Am I unable to work, or not, what's the correct government's opinion on that?