tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post4396068748672663484..comments2024-03-27T20:39:24.337-04:00Comments on Social Security News: The "Right Mental Attitude"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-56616727351197836932015-05-27T12:00:39.394-04:002015-05-27T12:00:39.394-04:001145 Troll left out health insurance and prescript...1145 Troll left out health insurance and prescriptions drugs. Troll not lest thee be a troll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-82832926619228881262015-05-27T11:57:51.684-04:002015-05-27T11:57:51.684-04:00Thou knowest not what thou sayeth..Thou knowest not what thou sayeth..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-76834557056737906172015-05-27T11:45:17.801-04:002015-05-27T11:45:17.801-04:00Ohio Welfare amounts
Maximum for an individual it...Ohio Welfare amounts<br /><br />Maximum for an individual it’s $115.00 in General Assistance if disabled. <br /><br />Housing Assistance is short term. There are subsidies and there is §8 Housing with very limited openings. At best, a low income rental would be between $500.00 and $750.00 per month. Throw in the utilities and we’re still under a $1,000.00.<br /><br />Food Stamps are $189.00.<br /><br />Bus passes, cable TV, internet. Lets throw in another $100.00 worth of benefits at best. <br /><br />Add it all up and you get at most $1,500.00 per month. <br /><br />Multiply by 12 and you get $18,000 for the year. Substantially less than the $41,600 ($20.00 x 2080) you claimed. <br /><br />Troll on.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-57459798272289129752015-05-27T09:28:10.559-04:002015-05-27T09:28:10.559-04:00This person was in Ohio, a very friendly welfare s...This person was in Ohio, a very friendly welfare state. She got a cash supplement, a telephone, housing, Food stamps, medical insurance, supplemented utilities, bus fare, cable television supplement to include internet and a few others. She had everything she needed to live. And it wasn't $22.00 an hour, it was $20.00 and hour. Liberals can't even quote properly. Oh, by the way, depression may be situational, which has a great deal to do with mental attitude and most of our claimant's suffer situational depression. Try going to a psych office and not get a diagnosis. It is their job to diagnose mental illness and according to them everyone has it. Either that or malingering.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-13826773147272569682015-05-27T09:22:25.024-04:002015-05-27T09:22:25.024-04:00Anonymous 8:23 says that some random claimant woul...Anonymous 8:23 says that some random claimant would have to make $22.00/hour to obtain the equivalent in what they receive in Welfare benefits. A person earning that amount would have a yearly income of around $45,000.00 The most generous Welfare programs in the world do not pay anywhere near that amount under any circumstances. Even in a situation where housing was being provided, I cannot imagine any set of circumstances where that comment would be factual.<br /><br />So, if you document what you say, prove it. If not, then you are just another troll And worse, if you really are an ALJ, then I suppose that is part of the problem. You demonstrate no understanding of depression or mental health generally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-38039427546337896402015-05-27T08:23:00.605-04:002015-05-27T08:23:00.605-04:00Anonamous 9:55, actually it is probably about a bl...Anonamous 9:55, actually it is probably about a black as it is about a sports star... I have seen mental attitude improve a persons mental and physical impairments. Anonamous 9:42, no one's future is determined by the decisions they make at 3 years old. One of my favorite sayings is, "It's one thing to be born in a broken down trailer, it's another thing to die in a broken down trailer". This is the land of opportunity. One claimant I had in front of me, we figured out her benefits that she recieved being on welfare. She would have to make $20.00 an hour to have the equivalent if she was working. Alas, her skill set would get her no more than $8.00-9.00 an hour. Whose fault? Societies? I think not.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-13131627534586526412015-05-27T07:10:00.108-04:002015-05-27T07:10:00.108-04:00I have long believed that depression is the most d...I have long believed that depression is the most disabling impairment we deal with. Depression is not just being sad, as some of our politicians like to believe, but a fundamental loss of will that takes from a person their ability to function. It may be that the "right attitude" is important in success, as well as just pure luck, but the "wrong attitude" does make it impossible to function for many people. <br /><br />The mistake is in believing that attitude is something you can control. For the severely depressed, whether due to what has happened to them in life, chronic illness, or just who they are, being told to just be happy is idiotic advice. And it leads to believing that someone crippled by depression, along with whatever other medical problems they have, could just be fine if they really wanted to. It doesn't work like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-88193599896985692152015-05-26T18:41:11.661-04:002015-05-26T18:41:11.661-04:00First, an apology, I screwed up and typed this und...First, an apology, I screwed up and typed this under the Memorial Day topic. Sorry!<br /><br />Anyhow,thanks for this piece! I agree that there has been a delusional over-emphasis on the "right attitude"...or New Age nonsense like the "law of attraction"...in which you are responsible for EVERYTHING that happens to you. Got cancer? Well, sorry, you must've done something or had the wrong attitude. Chronic pain? Severe asthma you and your doctors can't control? You must develop the "right attitude" and you'll be just fine. A lot of warped thinking, I expect, goes into anti-disability themes and the right wing's cheerful delight in looking to cut Social Security Disability. Some of this "the disabled aren't really disabled and can go back to work" mindset comes from well-intentioned themes of the achievements of some of the disabled population. I note that it's usually amputees with high tech prosthetics doing the astounding things like running races and climbing mountains. Don't hear about too many people with severe lung disease doing that. Oh, and unless you use O2, people with lung disease are among the "invisibly" disabled...because in our society you have to have "props" to be seen as "truly" disabled and deserving of help...such as wheelchairs. If you don't appear "disabled" good luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353337078061701670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-64742346553550005832015-05-26T12:05:24.304-04:002015-05-26T12:05:24.304-04:00Excellent posting, Charles! Quite some time ago, ...Excellent posting, Charles! Quite some time ago, you suggested that your readers check out disabilitydunktank.com. This is a blog which was posted by an attorney who had been an interpreter for the hearing-impaired (if I remember correctly). She has not posted for a long time, but she very vividly put forth what mental attitudes are often exhibited by claimants. Despite the lapse in postings, I suggest that more people should check out that blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-43289627643138849592015-05-26T11:42:09.157-04:002015-05-26T11:42:09.157-04:00The author of this tweet, while I'm sure is we...The author of this tweet, while I'm sure is well-meaning and sincere, reminds me of the saying: "he was born on third base but thinks he hit a triple." A good attitude will only take a person so far, especially for the people that we represent and speak with on a daily basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-12735295032369537632015-05-26T10:18:43.623-04:002015-05-26T10:18:43.623-04:00Excellent piece. My sentiments exactly.Excellent piece. My sentiments exactly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749657789192685274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-45051649906876000342015-05-26T10:05:42.243-04:002015-05-26T10:05:42.243-04:00Charles, thank you for posting this piece.Charles, thank you for posting this piece.Joe Foleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-33933569402866879632015-05-26T09:55:54.613-04:002015-05-26T09:55:54.613-04:00Sometimes it mental attitude. Sometimes it's n...Sometimes it mental attitude. Sometimes it's not.<br /><br />Sometimes people do not like a person.<br /><br />Sometimes a person may have more opportunities than others.<br /><br />Perhaps the person who tweeted was a young white guy with the world at his feet.<br /><br />If the word disability was replaced with any other protected class it becomes clear bias is a role.<br /><br />For example blacks and other people of color in the 1950's and 1960's likely had the right attitude but because of lawful segragation they was treated unequally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-65620641568493530132015-05-26T09:42:44.242-04:002015-05-26T09:42:44.242-04:00This is also the attitude towards poor people, in ...This is also the attitude towards poor people, in general. It's a choice, isn't it? It is if you believe you are capable of making life-altering choices when you're 3 years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com