[BlindTlk] The Trump administration has just declared war on Social Security – Raw Story

Mon Dec 23 20:20:50 UTC 2019

Hi all!
I see serious problems with this one. First of all, I have not liked the so-called president who is currently in there in the first place. Knowing that, this one that he’s come out with is the newest on a long list of reasons why I didn’t vote in his favor. With all politics aside, here are some practical issues. First of all, how would we know when, where and how to prove that we are still disabled? Also, how would we know if we still qualify and why we no longer qualify? How would those of us who depend on this income continue to survive? Also, even if we do still qualify, what would be the new benefits and requirements with such a change? I personally like the first suggestion of improving Social Security much better. It’s a shame they didn’t stick with that one instead of out right attacking it! While I’m at it, I figured he was going to go after Social Security from the start. Finally, I also don’t believe this crap until I actually see it in things like “The New York Times” for example. Yuck!!!

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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] The Trump administration has just declared war on Social Security – Raw Story

You have to show up for that series of appointments every six months.
If for whatever good reason you happen to be out of your normal area on
travel you will miss those appointments and you will loose your
elligibility until you start the entire application process again.
That's what to worry about whether rightly elligible or not.

On Mon, 23 Dec 2019, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:51:58
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
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> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] The Trump administration has just declared war on
> Social Security ? Raw Story
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> If one truly has a disability, what is there to worry about. There are many on the system who do not belong there, and this is the reason for the weeding out.
>
> Judy
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> ?Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.?
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> https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/the-trump-administration-has-just-declared-war-on-social-security/
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> The Trump administration has just declared war on Social Security
> By Independent Media Institute
> December 22, 2019
> An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. The latest proposal from Donald Trump?s administration, which is designed to rip benefits away from hundreds of thousands of Americans with disabilities, amounts to a declaration of war on Social Security.
> The Trump administration proposal would require millions of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries to re-prove their eligibility for benefits as often as every six months ? far more frequently than is currently the case. There is no justification for this policy. The United States already has some of the strictest eligibility criteria for disability benefits in the world. More than half of all claims are denied.
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> We should be making it easier for workers to claim the Social Security benefits they?ve earned with every paycheck, not harder. And ripping benefits away from current beneficiaries, who rely on them to survive, is even worse.
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> We know what the effects of the Trump proposal would be, because Ronald Reagan implemented a very similar benefit cut back in the 1980s. Reagan?s policy ripped away the benefits of 200,000 Americans with disabilities. The New York Times reported that ?people with obvious physical and mental disabilities? lost their benefits ?without having been interviewed.?
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> Ultimately, Reagan was forced to reverse his attack on Social Security after massive public outcry, and bipartisan condemnation from Congress ? but not before 21,176 people died, including several who died by suicide, ?because their benefits were cut off.?
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> Donald Trump himself might not be a diligent student of history, but his advisers ? men like Mick Mulvaney, Trump?s chief of staff and a longtime enemy of Social Security ? know exactly what they are doing. They want to resurrect Reagan?s Social Security cut knowing full well that it killed people.
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> This could impact any of us, even those of us who are currently healthy. Imagine that you are hit by a car tomorrow, and suffer life-altering injuries that prevent you from working. You?re faced with crushing medical bills, and you?ve lost your income. In such situations, SSDI benefits are a crucial lifeline. Donald Trump wants to rip that lifeline away.
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> Trump and Mulvaney are targeting people with disabilities first, because they perceive them as politically vulnerable. But if they are allowed to get away with this attack, it will be only the beginning. They want to destroy every part of Social Security, including retirement benefits, and turn it over to their criminal friends on Wall Street.
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> We must stop Trump?s plan. The Social Security Administration is collecting comments on the proposal until the end of January. You can comment opposing the plan here. Everyone must also call their elected officials. Congressional condemnation played a huge role in forcing Ronald Reagan to reverse his version of the attack, and it can stop Trump in his tracks.
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> If we let the politicians in Washington, D.C., take away some people?s earned benefits, it means they can take away all of our earned benefits.
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> This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
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> Alex Lawson is the executive director of Social Security Works, a non-profit advocacy group that supports expanding benefits to address America?s growing retirement security crisis. Lawson has appeared on numerous TV and radio outlets and is a frequent guest host of The ?Thom Hartmann Program,? one of the top progressive radio shows in the country.
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