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In reply to the discussion: PBS: Are Americans a Stingy Lot of People? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)78. I asked about OASDI. SSI and OASDI are two different programs.
OASDI allows disabled people to do a certain amount of work per month but the amount that you can earn per month without losing benefits is low.
Also, if you qualify for OASDI, you automatically get the hospitalization part of Medicare.
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I've always thought that there should be a voucher system for those on food stamps
xmas74
Sep 2014
#41
Clinton declared that he had "ended welfare as we know it," or words to that effect.
merrily
Sep 2014
#65
+1 Although, I don't think that Clinton was a "Progressive" as I define it. nt
Live and Learn
Sep 2014
#72
Oh yes, the "circle the wagons" mentality is in full tilt among that crowd
Populist_Prole
Sep 2014
#29
A caste of hereditary aristos trying to take everything we have leaves us a bit rattled...
Orsino
Sep 2014
#9
I get your point, but you should really learn the facts about funding before you credit those who
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2014
#47
No one wants there to be a working SECULAR pulblic services infrastructure more badly than I do
daredtowork
Sep 2014
#51
This is probably why blue states give so much more to charity than red ones...
hughee99
Sep 2014
#35
It has to be a government effort or fraud will increase--and so will the number of needy
merrily
Sep 2014
#52