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People becoming less intelligent not more
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 71285" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><strong>Correction: People who get SSI (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Security_Income" target="_blank">Supplemental Security Income</a>) are Disabled or over 65 who's Social Security Benefits are below the poverty line, so the Federal Government supplements the Benefits.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Example: One disabled (or over 65) person qualifying for Social Security getting $800 per month would receive SSI Benefits of about $86 per month...combined total = $886 per month. That's the amount allowed for one person. If a person's Social Security Benefits are $600 per month, they would get SSI Benefits of $286 per month. Social Security is paid into the Federal Government by working persons, and the Benefits are paid out by the Federal Government when they become disabled or retire over the age of 65.</p><p> </p><p>Social Security Benefits are <em>not</em> government hand-outs. They have been paid-in by the person who is receiving them, or by a working spouse. Think of Social Security as Retirement or Disability Insurance Policy. People paid into it while working, and when they Retire or become totally disabled, they apply for Benefits. If they qualify for Disability Benefits (it's very difficult and usually takes years to get approved), then they get Social Security.</p><p> </p><p>If I have it right...I believe what you are complaining about is <em>Welfare</em>. Welfare is money paid by individual States (some pay more than others) to non-working families with dependent children, or very low-income families with dependent children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 71285, member: 2770"] [B]Correction: People who get SSI ([URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Security_Income']Supplemental Security Income[/URL]) are Disabled or over 65 who's Social Security Benefits are below the poverty line, so the Federal Government supplements the Benefits.[/B] Example: One disabled (or over 65) person qualifying for Social Security getting $800 per month would receive SSI Benefits of about $86 per month...combined total = $886 per month. That's the amount allowed for one person. If a person's Social Security Benefits are $600 per month, they would get SSI Benefits of $286 per month. Social Security is paid into the Federal Government by working persons, and the Benefits are paid out by the Federal Government when they become disabled or retire over the age of 65. Social Security Benefits are [I]not[/I] government hand-outs. They have been paid-in by the person who is receiving them, or by a working spouse. Think of Social Security as Retirement or Disability Insurance Policy. People paid into it while working, and when they Retire or become totally disabled, they apply for Benefits. If they qualify for Disability Benefits (it's very difficult and usually takes years to get approved), then they get Social Security. If I have it right...I believe what you are complaining about is [I]Welfare[/I]. Welfare is money paid by individual States (some pay more than others) to non-working families with dependent children, or very low-income families with dependent children. [/QUOTE]
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