This is going to be controversial but here it goes. At least for the #
Blindness community, there's a 70% unemployment rate. That's worst than quite a lot of third world nations and part of the problem in my opinion is the entitlement some people have about receiving SSI. There are some people out there who believe that because they have a #
Disability that they are owed a living. News flash, nobody owes you a living and yet I see people talking about how the money they get every month is *their* money. No, its not your money. It's cash that tax payers pay into the system so you can sit on your ass all day and collect your precious SSI. Here's my opinion. I feel that SSI should be cut off if you're not doing 1 of 3 things. If you're not going to College, working a job, or making a business, you shouldn't have support because getting money for doing nothing just isn't fair to anyone. At that point, you're just draining resources. It's the hard truth. I expect backlash over this yet I have believed in this for years. #
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Say the right things during your application and you can get the same income as someone on a full-time minimum wage job.
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I have no problem with taxpayers funding people who are honestly looking to improve themselves, and think people who have more serious medical conditions should have more than they get.
But my real issue is the blind people who spend a day online with their hobbies then meet an advisor and say tech's too complicated to find work so they get extra paments.
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