I don't see how they think someone who has been UNEMPLOYABLE can live off their Social Security benefits???! If you are unable to work, then you aren't paying in, so what little you might get in SS benefits from when you paid in when you were younger is NOT the same as someone who was able to continue to work until normal retirement age. It also means there's no pension either because you had to retire early for health reasons. What the hell? My husband has skin cancer from exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. It is abnormally aggressive and causes him to be forced into several surgeries each year. There is no way he could hold down a regular job, so they gave him IU (Individual Unemployability) benefits. He is past retirement age now, so he is one of the veterans they want to dump out on the street. Trying to live on Social Security would be impossible, because there isn't much. This is an incredibly stupid idea, and terrifying as well. 
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