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[–] 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm with you but with disability. I'm too disabled to work consistent full hours and sometimes I don't have enough for rent, but I want to work and have a profession. However, the income and asset caps make it so that I literally have to stop working completely and get evicted to qualify (roughly $1600 a month, $2000 in total assets). So it seems like disability "benefits" are just a trap to become a punching bag for the kinda people that want to point and complain about "lazy welfare queens".

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    One of the most depressing parts is that even with the draconian enrollment requirements, the welfare system you're under is still critically underfunded and gives out all the money it has. It's absolutely insane how welfare is structured, regardless of country (fucking hell, I have disabled brit friends and somehow it's actually worse than the US. I mean, how the fuck do you manage that??)

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