[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Tue May 17 00:57:43 UTC 2016

All I will say Mark is well said!

On 5/16/2016 5:20 PM, Mark Tardif via blindtlk wrote:
> I will say one more thing about this and then I will shut up about 
> this, because I know that it really doesn't belong on these lists.  A 
> number of people are aware of my very left-wing political leanings.  
> But I will say that if these tea party governors get a chance, they 
> will ignore federal law and try to get around it just to push their 
> agenda.  I trust them about as far as I can see, LOL, and judging by 
> some of the things LaPage has tried to pull, I trust him less then 
> that.  Alright, Mark, enough!
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka via blindtlk
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:52 PM
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> Cc: Ericka
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI
>
> Well that may be technically true but it seems to make no difference 
> that they are not abiding by the rehabilitation act here in Wisconsin. 
> We're talking about the national rehabilitation act. There are ways 
> around things. If the letter of the law was followed, everyone wanting 
> to go to an outside training center wouldn't have to fight for years 
> there is absolutely nothing in the state of Wisconsin even close to 
> compare to an NFB  training center and everyone knows it but still 
> totes they're useless options. Behind the scenes, we've already passed 
> a resolution at state convention last year to start creating a similar 
> training center. Who knows how many years I will take though. Politics 
> here is as dirty as people complain about Illinois lately.
>
> Ericka Short
> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always 
> right."
>
> from my iPhone
>
>> On May 16, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Jude DaShiell via blindtlk 
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> The Governor has absolutely nothing to do with how any program 
>> administered by the Federal Government is run in Wisconsin. That's 
>> all done by Federal Officials.  I suspect that welfare reform act 
>> passed by Bill Clinton put this requirement in on social security and 
>> s.s.i.  That would put the change into effect probably shortly after 
>> you applied 20 years ago.
>>
>>> On Mon, 16 May 2016, Ericka via blindtlk wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 12:16:01
>>> From: Ericka via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>, nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI
>>> Something seems weird. I've never heard of this. Then again, 
>>> Wisconsin isn't the same state when I was applying 20 years ago. 
>>> Perhaps we do this now with the idiot governor we have.
>>>
>>> Ericka Short
>>> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always 
>>> right."
>>>
>>> from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On May 16, 2016, at 7:15 AM, Sami Osborne via blindtlk 
>>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm having a rather frustrating issue with Social Security here in 
>>>> NY, who are providing me my SSI benefits.  A few weeks ago, I 
>>>> received a letter in the mail from Social Security telling me that 
>>>> I need to show up in person at their office because they wanted to 
>>>> prove that I'm actually blind even though I provided them with all 
>>>> the documentation and was approved almost six months ago.  What 
>>>> bothers me is that as I said, they asked me to show up in person at 
>>>> their office.  My mom thought that we could just talk to them on 
>>>> the phone, and she called and spoke with them (I couldn't because 
>>>> I'm at my blindness training center for the week and only go home 
>>>> on weekends).  My mom said that she even spoke with them two or 
>>>> three times.  The first time they said that they would call me 
>>>> personally at home to set up the appointment for showing up in 
>>>> person, but obviously I wouldn't have been able to speak with them 
>>>> since I'm not home during the week.  My mom gave them my cell phone 
>>>> num
>> b
>>> er, but they haven't called me that way either.  This is a very 
>>> frustrating issue in my opinion.  I have asked other friends of mine 
>>> at the training center that I'm at if they had to show up at their 
>>> Social Security office six months after they were approved for SSI 
>>> benefits, and they said no.  My mom thinks that it depends on the 
>>> state, and that the reason they do that is probably because they 
>>> want to make sure that you're not cheating in getting SSI (by the 
>>> way, the people at the training center that I'm at come from all 
>>> over the country).
>>>>
>>>> So I'd like to know if you guys have gone through a similar 
>>>> experience, and if so, have you had to show up in person at the 
>>>> office or just talk with them on the phone?
>>>>
>>>> Hope to hear from you soon, and for those of you who just finished 
>>>> with college, I hope you're enjoying the end as your semester!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Sami
>>>>
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