http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=250x2390Now, this is an old bonfire, but for some reason it shows up as "recent."
I have no idea why it shows up as "recent," but here it is anyway:
Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-19-06 07:36 PM
Original message
Disability made me a Socialist
I paid into Social Security for 30 years. More than enough to qualify for SS when
I'm of age.
When I became disabled, I did not immediately apply for disability. I kept dreaming
that I would get well enough to work again and I kept trying, unsuccessfully.
I also intuitively knew it would be a bunch of red tape that would be too much hassle.
When I did finally break down and apply, it took 3 and 1/2 years, with legal assistance.
What I did not know is that there is a loophole in the Govts. favor, if you don't
pay into SS for 5 years( no matter how much you paid in before, You don't qualify for SSDI anymore.
So all I got was SSI. $603 a month in TN this year and you get medicaid, but no dental coverage under any circumstance
I was making it and paying my car ins until I had a major dental abscess
I had to have 3 extractions and then couldn't pay my car insurance premium
I was canceled.
Of course, as luck goes, I had a fender bender, very minor, still police investigated
I got a ticket for no insurance.
December 14, I have to go before a judge
If i get insurance before then,the down stroke will make me starve the rest
of the month. If I don't I'm really ****ed.
Either way, the state will revoke my drivers license and my registration.
and it will cost a huge amount to pay the state to reinstate it.
I need to drive to get to the doctor, drugstore and groceries.
I'm ****ed.
They really go out of their way to hurt the poor in this country
In case anyone's forgotten, the worthless freeloading bum the wily primitive's spent some years building a Noahian ark in the mountains and forests of Tennessee, with a vague notion that once it's done, he's going to float it from there out into the Atlantic Ocean, departing America.....excepting that he wants to keep getting American welfare checks while he's cruising around.
I dunno how long it took Noah to build his ark, but the worthless freeloading bum the wily primitive seems to be taking longer.
The subway cat shows up, and right away starts an argument:
undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-20-06 03:01 AM
Response to Reply #6
8. I hate the wealthy too
I wish wish wish people could take back what the wealthy steal and use it to improve the quality of life for all of us.
Citizen Number 9 (270 posts) Tue Dec-02-08 12:38 AM
Response to Reply #8
17. "What the wealthy steal"?
Most of the wealthy have used their talents and worked hard to get where they are.
It's no use focusing on the small portion who are thieves.
America offers unlimited opportunity and one of the most egalitarian systems in the world.
I am sad for those who don't make as much of themselves as possible, but even sadder for the ones who place the blame on others.
And then the bobbling primitive's Siamese twin:
Naturyl (1000+ posts) Mon Oct-01-07 06:02 AM
Response to Original message
10. Yep, I lost my license 4 years ago for lack of insurance.
I went out and got insurance after being discovered without it and my state (VA at the time) did not care. I found out I had wasted my (borrowed) money because they were only interested in whether or not I had insurance at the time I registered the car. I lost my license and will have to pay a $500 uninsured motorist fee plus a separate reinstatement fee to get it back. On SSI, coming up with that kind of money is just not an option, so I haven't driven in four years.
I only had my license for about 3 years the last time. I had gotten it back after several years without it due to failing to pay the fine for an expired vehicle inspection. I have never been charged with a DUI or any kind of moving violation, and yet I have spend more time in my adult life without a license than with one. That's what they do to poor people. Meanwhile, I know of others who have four or more DUI arrests and are still driving...
And BTW, I'm also a socialist at heart.
Naturyl (1000+ posts) Mon Oct-01-07 06:06 AM
Response to Reply #10
11. Oh, and I hate the wealthy, too.
Who wouldn't? I get called a "parasite" when it's the rich who truly deserve that title.
Hmmm. It's too late now, but the natural primitive bears watching, for Mr. Wiggum's most-excellent
Top 10 DUmmies of 2009.
