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12. SSDI is $1550 a month. SSI is different because it is based on "financial need". If someone works and earns beyond

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:06 PM

Aug 2024

beyond the SSI threshold, which is $943/month they can have part or all of their SSI benefits removed. If someone on SSI works and earns $300/month, their SSI check would be only $643/month. If they earn $1000/month, they lose their SSI. They are allowed to deduct certain work related expenses.

https://www.usa.gov/disability-benefits-while-working

See this post. Explanation is better than mine!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3298659

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Some disabled workers in the U.S. make pennies per hour. It's legal. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 OP

I know they put a limit on how much you can make jimfields33 Aug 2024 #1

$64 a month IIRC ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #7

We've had this since 1938 and they act like it's a reveal Nash Teeth Aug 2024 #2

I worked with disabled individuals vankuria Aug 2024 #3

Thank you for this. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #13

Prison labor is even worse orthoclad Aug 2024 #4

Jim Crow laws were passed to ensure prisoners orthoclad Aug 2024 #9

I thought that was the idea behind Goodwill Industries FakeNoose Aug 2024 #6

This - a part of my familial dysfunction... Backseat Driver Aug 2024 #8

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Aug 2024 #15