[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Tue May 17 14:49:04 UTC 2016

Hi friends. I know it is an election year, and we all have feelings. Please remember that these list are not political in nature on purpose. We want to avoid political statements, since, by their nature, they are bound to alienate someone. I am not a moderator of the list, but have been around to know how people react. Thanks for your help.

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Same way I feel about Scott Walker. Tea party governor. Says it all

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

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> On May 16, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Kevin via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> All I will say Mark is well said!
> 
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>> 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!
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>> 
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka via blindtlk
>> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:52 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> 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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