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Any sort of benefit cut to either #SSDI or #SSI is totally unacceptable. Those arguing disabled folks ought to bear the cost of fixing unfair @SocialSecurity rules? Deeply misguided. #DemolishDisabledPoverty
There are many, many deeply unfair rules in the @SocialSecurity disability system of #SSI & #SSDI. For example, #SSDI has a waiting period – 5 months, before benefits start. That's fucked up. #DemolishDisabledPoverty https://twitter.com/mattbc/status/1390189680587649025?s=20
(This country has a federal waiting period for awarding @SocialSecurity Disability Insurance ( #SSDI) – 5 months before benefits start. But want to buy an AR-15? You can get that right away.)
And, of course, there are a variety of program rules in #SSDI and #SSI that either explicitly or implicitly punish marriage. Benefits are cut or, sometimes, entirely eliminated. #DemolishDisabledPoverty
We must not lower #SSI – from it's already far too low maximum benefit of $794 per month – in order to "pay for" getting rid of the barriers to marriage in SSI. #DemolishDisabledPoverty https://twitter.com/mattbc/status/1390191220027236353?s=20
Likewise, we must not lower #SSDI – either to "pay for" eliminating the 5 month waiting period after @SocialSecurity finds that you're disabled but before any benefits start or to eliminate the 24 mnth waiting period for Medicare. #DemolishDisabledPoverty https://twitter.com/mattbc/status/1390190254859169796?s=20
To ask some of the poorest folks in this country to pay for moving #SSI & #SSDI towards being more just, while 3 men own as much as the bottom half of Americans is absurd, cruel, and unjust. #DemolishDisabledPoverty https://public.tableau.com/views/ThreeMenOwnasMuchasBottomHalfofAmericans-2020/Dashboard1?:embed=y&:embed_code_version=3&:loadOrderID=1&:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link
