Some people really knows how to use the SYSTEM
By sudalunts
@sudalunts (5523)
United States
December 28, 2008 5:16pm CST
I personally have nothing against anyone who needs government assistance. There are many people who can not work because of disabilites or other legitimate reasons. I am talking about people like my sister in law. She supposedly is bi polar, but as I see it she is capable of getting a job and taking care of herself.
She was on the phone with my husband the other day, talking about her new apartment, in a new development, and she is the first person to live in the apartment. Her rent is $7.00, (seven) per month. Yep, you heard me correctly. The government is taking care of her completely.
I think she is able to work, she does not appear to be that bad off, actually she seems normal to me, I have never seen evidence of a disability.
If she do not think she can work full time, I think she should at least get a part time job in order to help herself out some, rather than getting everything from the tax payers money. She does not have any children living at home.
What do you think about this, should the government have her work some hours per week or should she just stay at home doing nothing and collect the money every month?
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7 responses
@AnakSuNamun (2084)
• United States
28 Dec 08
She should get a job,any kind of a job. I'm not a workaholic but I don't know how I would spend my days if I had no job to go to. It would be so boring!... You can read,relax and watch TV so much,anything more exciting would cost money that you don't have,like traveling.
Not all disabilities are visible,though,what if she has some inside fault? And how old is she,is she about to retire?
I've seen quite a few people who were getting food stamps yet drove Cadillacs,however controversial that might sound so I'm not happy having to pay for someone like that.
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I understand that all disabilities are visible. I have known this lady for over eleven years. I think that if you are able to interact with people, which she can, is articulate, which she is, have an education, which she has, she should be able to get some sort of work. There are some people who think just because they are on medication they are disabled. In all of these years, I have never heard of her having any sort of break down. When she lived in New Jersey, she worked, but after she moved to Georgia, she has not worked since. Maybe the disability laws in Georgia are more lenient.
@AnakSuNamun (2084)
• United States
29 Dec 08
Hmm,that's not cool. I feel similarly annoyed in situations when some big guy approaches me in the street asking for money. You are not sick,in fact,you could work unloading trucks yet I have to give my money that I work hard for? lol
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
29 Dec 08
That's what I am talking about. If I were disabled, but there was something I could do to earn money that would not jeopadize my disability, I would be more than willing to take partial assistance and work part time. I would like to be able to do something for myself rather than depend on someone else.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
29 Dec 08
If she has convinced Social Services or the Social Security Administration that she is disabled then she has the medical documentation of the severity of her bipolar disorder to back it up. I don't know her so I can't say how severe her condition is, but I do have a long time friend who has the disorder and it's very unpredictable, which is why working even part time might not be a good idea for her. She may seem stable and okay to you but that doesn't mean that she is. My husband is a Vietnam vet with PTSD and is 100% totally and permanently disabled. He appears to be normal, too, but that is because his psychiatrists and I take very good care of his mental health. It's also because he's on a lot of medication. It bothers me when we visit family, like we did on Christmas Eve, and someone...in this case one of the young adult relatives...jokes about his disability and comments that he's fooling the government and that there's nothing wrong with him. They don't see him when he's not okay.
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I see where you are coming from, but my husband even says that his sister while growing up with her was not disabled from the bi polar. Hopefully I am wrong about her.
Take care and have a happy New Year.
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I think she should work part time. If she seems pretty normal then she's probably pretty normal. Medication can really do a lot to help a keep a person controlled and if they take the meds as they are supposed to they usually can live a pretty normal life and that means working. I was on medication for several years for mental health issues but I still attended school like all the other kids and I still took tests and everything else. I never requested special help and I'm sure I was worse off than many of the other students that requested special help.
There are so many people that live off the government and it drives me crazy. I see so many people capable of working and not living off tax payers dollars and it drives me insane. It's annoying when you pay for lazy, spoiled people to sit at home all day and watch TV.
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
29 Dec 08
some time you can see the disability and some times you cant it depends what you consider to be able.she may not be able, she may be like my brother appear normal but can,t hold a job he is smart enough to get the job but while he was there on the job he would just stand there the boss keep telling him over and over again what to do .no ome have time for that so he let him go.this happen on every
job.and he graduated from school with a diploma.he hears voices he have tried to kill him self more then once amd he is a health young man.he can,t work are hold down a job and yes he on a system to supplent his income because he worked all his young life he had woked enough to get social sercurity at his age so he is living off his on money not tax payer money.tax payer only supplemneting his income to help him out.so some people deserve this check
@brian_s (570)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I'm of the opinion that people will be as lazy as they are allowed to be. As long as there are governmental programs to allow people to take advantage of them to be lazy, it is going to happen.
I know that this is a controversial thought, but I think that when government has programs like this it actually hurts the people it is supposed to help. If government didn't provide these services, then families, churches, and organizations would help those who need it. And each of those entities would be able to work on a case by case basis, determining what is laziness or what is genuine need. They would be able to push when pushing is needed, and provide shelter and food, but not money. But how can government know what is good in an individual case when it is just a bureaucracy.
I am not saying that people should not be given help in times of need. But I am saying that it doesn't need to come from the government. And also, government tends to screw up everything it touches.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I don't see why she couldn't get a job unless she is unable to take the medications for her bipolar condition? I've known and worked with individuals at a regular job who were diagnosed with the same thing. Some states have a vocational rehabilitation center that is used to help people with disabilities to find and keep a job. They will usually even pay you for the work you are doing, though its not very much.
@Barbietre (1438)
• United States
29 Dec 08
I know what you mean. I used to work in NYC and asw a few beggars by the train station everyday. Yes, they were in a wheelchair, but to me it seemed they were working harder than if they had a real job. But who knows they may have made more money that way.
There are always going to people who abuse things. There is a family member on disability and I know he is lying but he is also a very good liar, so it would be difficult to prove otherwise. Mental issues are dificult to prove or disprove.
