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According to the article, Mr. Eisen gets a $1,595 monthly disability check each month because he has diabetes, hypertension and liver failure. Surely you realiz
by xiaoma 17y ago
According to the article, Mr. Eisen gets a $1,595 monthly disability check each month because he has diabetes, hypertension and liver failure. Surely you realize that medical care for these kinds of conditions costs something, especially in the US. Calling him and his 57 year-old wife "incompetent" and implying that an elderly couple with medical issues could live off of a single minimum wage salary is heartless.
It's important to make sure that welfare policy doesn't become a disincentive to work, but we're talking about a disability check that doesn't even bring them up to the poverty line.
- xenophanes 17y agoHello? They are spending 1380/month on rent. That's what I said. Did you read it? Obviously if they stopped doing that they'd have far more money. And I'm saying I don't want them to be given more money, not to take away his check. If you don't find a job or a cheaper place for 2 years you shouldn't go "omg i'm gonna be homeless, we need help, we're the perfect sob story, write about us in the NY times and then mention how obama wants to extend unemployment so i could get more checks that i totally deserve for not working or managing my budget for 2 years".
- potatolicious 17y agoPlease keep it civil - the other poster didn't sling any mud at you, it would help your credibility if you did the same.
- xenophanes 17y agoWhat mud? He ignored what I said. I pointed this out. I didn't say anything about him.