[musictlk] voice lessons

[Leslie Hamric]

I also agree that there is nothing wrong with applying for Social Security benefits. You won't know unless you try. And like Amy said, it will be more money than you had before. And you'll actually be able to go out and do things with it, such as take voice lessons, get to and from a job, etc.
Leslie

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> On Sep 29, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Amy Billman via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Um... Kelsey
> You likely already know this and have chosen not to care, but...
> You're really doing yourself a disservice by not applying for SSI benefits;
> while you are unemployed and job hunting.
> I mean... You could actually do things and not trip as much on the whole
> transportation thing getting to and from a job if you get it, or even a
> skills center to get some much needed independence training.And of course,
> you could afford voice lessons.
> It's not a ton of money but it's more than you had before.
> 
> Yes, you have a limit on how much you can have, in an account in your name.
> Smart people, who don't want social security to know how much they have so
> that they can save money, (even if it's to save up so that they have funds
> when they get a job so they can move etc,) keep that stuff either in an
> account in someone else's name not their own, or God forbid, in cash in a
> safe place.
> It takes some brain power, but it's not impossible, and you can't get in
> trouble for that.
> And, I don't know how your folks researched, (hopefully you didn't leave it
> all up to them,) but if you keep just what you're allowed to have in your
> own account, and the rest elsewhere, they won't as you say, "Take your hard
> earned money away."
> I do hope that someone other than your parents read and researched this
> before you reached this conclusion.
> 
> Amy Billman
> Email:
> Amy0223 at gmail.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelsey
> Nicolay via musictlk
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:51 AM
> To: Kaiti Shelton; Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] voice lessons
> 
> Hi Kaiti,
> I refuse.  In order for me to get SSI, they have to take my hard 
> earned savings away from me.  I will not let them do that, so I 
> will not go on SSI.  My family has already investigated it and 
> that's what we discovered.  My parents do not want to do that to 
> me.
> I will be working as a contractor setting appointments and will 
> make some money there, but not a lot.  I only get paid when she 
> closes a sale.
> 
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