Posted by Partlycloudy on March 8, 2014, at 20:57:50
In reply to Re: psychology of dependency on the government??, posted by alexandra_k on March 8, 2014, at 14:48:18
My simplistic stance is that every paycheck I earned whilst working here in the US reflected a payment into a system, the Social Security administration. It was poorly managed, did not realise the growth it needed with the investors who contributed to it, and now faces a crisis, put off for some time in the near future.
Meanwhile, I developed a disability that the federal government, indeed a court and judge, deemed made me unfit for employment. And, lo and behold, my years-long investment in the Social Security administration assured me that my disability would ensure me of a percentage of my potential projected earnings. This payment constitutes my personal income now. It is a fraction of what I used to be able to earn, but I paid a very large chunk of my wages each pay period for just such an eventuality.
It took 2 1/2 years to get my case through the approval process. The government had to back pay me to the original date I filed my case. If I had not had legal assistance, none of this would have happened.
I guess I am just trying to point out that I do not consider this a dependency. More of a just pay out from the system we have all contributed to and had payroll taxes removed from our wages.
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