Living in your RV for $600 a month

dreeder wrote:
Ok then good on him, I missed that he had been working previously. Either way, I would gladly help him out.

I agree. I would be willing to help also, because he is not standing there saying : "Woe is me. I need help." He is trying.


I am sorry if I offended anyone.

It is just that I am disabled and sometimes looked upon as if I was accepting "assistance", or accepting tax money. I am not.
I am, however, collecting on the insurance plan that I paid for.

Ok then good on him, I missed that he had been working previously. Either way, I would gladly help him out.

dreeder wrote:
Government assistance programs have there place and this is one of them in my opinion. I am happy to have our tax dollars help out this man and others in a similiar situation. Now the able bodied, drugged out baby makers....well I have opinions on them that I will just keep to myself.

As stated by other's, God bless him.

Disability payments are NOT "assistance.” It is insurance. While working, you contributed 50%, through a deduction from your paycheck to the fund. Your employer contributed the other 50%. If you own the business, in essence, you, combined with the company you own, are contributing 100%.

If you become disabled and are approved through the S.S. Administration, your payment is calculated by how much money you put in over the years.

If I had that money over the years and invested it, I would have five times the amount of money available.

Disability is not free ride, or entitlement program. Those that get it, earned it. With some scammers excluded of course.

Government assistance programs have there place and this is one of them in my opinion. I am happy to have our tax dollars help out this man and others in a similiar situation. Now the able bodied, drugged out baby makers....well I have opinions on them that I will just keep to myself.

As stated by other's, God bless him.

JJBIRISH wrote:
It is painful to read how callous some people can be with literally no information about the individual or his situation… I think the guy has a great attitude and is well adjusted and making the best of the situation he must confront every day… he is proud of himself and I didn’t hear one poor me from him…

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Im sure if he could chose to have full range of motion,and be healed ,he would give up the little amount of $600 a month. Society should help disabled people,I think he fits the requirements,he seems to have a positive attitude better than a lot of others.

GOD bless him.
Necessity is the mother of invention.

If he has a disease that is considered fatal, he is entitled to disability. Does he have to work until the day he dies? Most times the problem with working is that the employer does not want to let you off work on days you don't feel well, they don't want you having to leave for Dr appointments, sometimes weekly, and to leave again for treatments and repeated tests that are needed MANY employers fire employees when they get sick rather than never knowing when the employee will be able to be at work. Higher paid occupations usually have leaves available or disability benefits that lower paid employees do not have. These type of problems usually occur for the lower paid employees.
What do you do - apply for the disability benefits that were put into place for people in your situation.

It is painful to read how callous some people can be with literally no information about the individual or his situation… I think the guy has a great attitude and is well adjusted and making the best of the situation he must confront every day… he is proud of himself and I didn’t hear one poor me from him…

Faith in my fellow RVer is once more re-newed.