[blindlaw] SSI payments

Thu Feb 26 22:17:32 UTC 2009

ofcourse you should, but i think the fact that it is harder for a blind person to find an employer willing to hire them sould be taken into account when deffering payment until a job is found as they WILL defer payment for a year for normal students, it could take much longer than a year for a person with a disability that cant find someone willign to "take a chance" on them to find a job. I have been looking for work for almost two years now. I did have a job after cololege, and i dotn have student loans, but jsut saying.

> From: stevep.deeley at insightbb.com
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:49:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] SSI payments
> 
> Everyone needs to take responsibility for repaying their loans. Do you get 
> a pass card if you are blind? Is that what your attempting to convey?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] SSI payments
> 
> 
> > That is about the most class-warfare-inducing statement I've read on
> > a blindness-related mailing list to date.
> >
> > If you are not of reasonable financial means to pay for a university
> > education--say the first person in your single-parent family to
> > finish high school, an undergraduate education at a public university
> > is going to rack up about $40,000 in student loans.
> >
> > If, upon completion of that undergraduate education, you cannot find
> > work because there simply are no jobs as a result of financial
> > irresponsibility on the part of people for whom $40,000 remains an
> > insignificant figure, you are left with a debt you cannot--but should
> > have been able to--repay. If you're depending on Social Security to
> > pay the rent, you're going to be in a world of hurt when your loan
> > payments become due. If you cannot pay and your petitions are not
> > granted, you're in trouble.
> >
> > Given the cost of law school and that several on this list have
> > descried the difficulty and frustration associated with finding
> > employment after passing the bar, one might think a little compassion
> > would be in order.
> >
> > I said compassion, not forgiveness of the debt. If I rack up another
> > $150,000 in loans in law school (as is likely), I have still accepted
> > a huge financial responsibility--one worth more than my family's
> > current and previous homes, combined.
> >
> > Of course, I am confident that I will be employed, otherwise I would
> > be much more hesitant to accept such a responsibility.
> >
> > Joseph
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:20:55PM -0500, Steve P. Deeley wrote:
> >> You know what, individuals should not be taking out loans that they are
> >> unable to repay nor, should individuals be leveraging themselves so much.
> >> After all, that is what has our economy in its present condition.
> >> Individuals on SSI should not be borrowing money in the first place.
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Matney" <angie at mpmail.net>
> >> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:58 PM
> >> Subject: [blindlaw] SSI payments
> >>
> >>
> >>> Well, since SSI is really only designed to allow
> >>> someone to subsist on the least possible amount of cash, I'd have to
> >>> disagree with you. SSDI payments, on the other hand, are related to the
> >>> person's employment status, not their financial need. There's a
> >>> difference.
> >>>
> >>> Angie
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:55:22 -0500, Steve P. Deeley wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> As far as I'm concerned, SSi payments should
> >>>> be eligible for garnishment.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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