The sad part is that guys like Irv really think they have it all figured out.. What he doesn't realize is that if he got dumped cross town in a big city and didn't have a phone he couldn't get home without $100 for cab fare...me , i could visit the next city over on $5 because assholes like him vote into office guys that mke that skill necessary
Is this your brain on drugs?
Sounds like you're in the same boat.. Guys like irv , who work off a trust fund and have always had unearned income to live off of just never get that sometimes life gets in the way of being what he wants us to be...there is a universal right wing thought that " if you can work" you have no other choice.. Which is of course a false narrative..
Yeah, the trust fund is nice, but Dad limited the withdrawals to $500K/year, which was nice years ago, but it's now kind of limiting.
I qualify for disability , I'm sure you do as well.. The point is : we qualify as disabled.. Why does that *have* to come with a life sentence to be at SUB POVERTY income levels.. I guess that old " there's so much welfare fraud" at the recipient level that it warrants taking money from everyone in the system , which is what happens.. Ibcan see tightening up qualifications, which would leave me in place... Funny story.. When i applied for disability at age 44 after working 25 years in blue collar jobs with no retirement programs i had to go to the social security doctor to be examined.. The doctor actually told me that i qualified the minute she saw me...i think the phrase she used was " a picture is worth a thousand words "
On a more serious note, I think the reason this problem hasn't been adequately addressed is the sheer magnitude of the situation. According to the feds, 61 million people, 26% percent of all adults, are deemed disabled in one way or another. Mostly ambulatory problems. The many degrees of disablement and the argument over who is and isn't going to be eligible for special benefits, probably means that most politicians are going to see this the same way they see solving the Social Security funding crisis, as a political "third rail".
View an infographic snapshot of disability in the United States.
www.cdc.gov
Some folks , like our boy irv, are actually mad at us takers.. It's going to be tough for him to afford that 2 nd vacation house .. It's my fault you see.. Us poor folks have all his money...
Okay, back to our regularly scheduled idiotic argument. Look, my main concern is that if taxes go up too much we're going to have to rent out parts of the family island. And Queen Elizabeth wants to include trusts in her proposed wealth tax, which will reduce their value. This is fucked up. How are we supposed to get to the island without the family plane, which the trusts will no longer cover? I paid my fair share in 2010. That should be enough.
