According to the Arizona Republic, Harold Pease, who is pictured here, has been indicted for Social Security fraud. An article in the Arizona Republic about Mr. Pease's beekeeping business led to the charge that he had been earning too much money to stay on Social Security disability benefits.It seems to me that allowing a newspaper article about his business suggests that Mr. Pease may not have known that he was doing anything wrong.
The newspaper article indicates that the limit on earnings to remain on disability insurance benefits was $500 for 12 months and is now $900. Those amounts which rose gradually are per month, not for 12 months. One of the problems with the definition of substantial gainful activity is that Congress did not raise the monetary definition for years at a time. The answer of course, as with benefit rates, is to link monetary limits and definitions to inflation so that they automatically keep pace with the real world.
ReplyDeleteWhat isn't fair is if he was blind, after accounting for the TWP and IWREs he would probably be in the clear. Shouldn't be two SGA amounts.
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