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[stewert]

35. CrispyQ...........

Thanks I appreciate it.

My Father was my whole life, and he was a great man. He was in world war two in the 3rd division infantry, and he won the bronze star, along with about 5 other medals. I lost my job in 1995 when they closed the plant I worked at and he supported me until he died.

What made is really hard is that I lived with him and took care of him, so we got as close as a Father and son could get. Then on top of that I am disabled and trying to get SSI, and he was also my financial support. I used his soc. sec. money and his pension money to pay the bills, and now he is gone and that money is gone with him.

My Mother died in 1998 so now I am all alone in his house with no family, I just sit here all day and night worrying about money and thinking about my dad. It's giving me sleep problems, depression, etc. And on top of that I have diabetes and high blood pressure. I take 5 medications a day and now they tell me it will take a year to get an SSI appeal hearing.

I can not get any financial help from anyone, I even applied for public aid and they tell me they are waiting to see what the SSI ruling is, so I sit here with no income and nobody helping me financially. Now if I was a single mother with a child or two I could get all the help I need, but since I am a single man I can not get anything, except food stamps and medical care.

I worked 17 years and paid into social security, and the thanks I get is screw you, wait two years and hope we approve your claim. Then on top of that I took care of my Father for the last 3 years and kept him out of a nursing home, which saved the state about $180,000. And they will not give me a dime in aid.

I just wonder what I am supposed to do if I run out of money and can not pay the bills anymore, I ask everyone I know that question and nobody has an answer for me. Do I just end up homeless, where will I live, how will I pay the truck insurance, etc. Nobody can answer any of these questions, and I just wonder where all this free stuff is O'Reilly and the Republicans talk about, because I sure am not getting any of it.

Then on top of all that I am still having trouble getting over the death of my Father, so I sit here in an empty house depressed and worrying about money. O'Reilly and the right claim that anyone with a sore back can get all this free money and Government aid, but I sure can not find it, except for food stamps and medical care I am no getting anything from the state or federal Government, nothing.