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SpeedracerNow Wrote: Aug 20, 2012 9:31 AM

Disability is a funny thing. I am a paraplegic, in a wheelchair, but until now, I have been employed and making too much to be considered "disabled". I am now unemployed, over 50, and can't find work. I also would like to know how I can just go in to an unemployment office and say "sign me up". I knew one guy who claimed he was leaving the building from work one day when the door closed on him causing trouble to his back and pain. He eventually got disability. Whereas I, who have constant pain from my paralysis, am confined to a wheelchair, continued to work .... and pay for his "disability". Yeah, there are deserving people for disability, but you can't spot them anymmore for the jerks gaming the system. We need better requirements

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NormRx Wrote: Aug 20, 2012 9:39 AM

I have a cousin that contracted polio when she was 10 years old. It left her paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheel chair. She married, bore two children and had a successful career and marriage. The cry babies and blood sucking parasites are too numerous to count.

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Stressed? Are You Disabled?

Government worker: “Do you have a disability?”

Man: “No.”

Man’s wife: “What does he get if he’s disabled?”

Government worker: “His monthly payments will [double].”

Man’s wife: “Well, then he’s disabled.”

Government worker (to man): “What’s your disability?”

Man: “I’m stressed.”

An attorney friend of mine recently overheard the above conversation in a Florida government building. The man, who had just turned 65, was signing up for retirement benefits while his wife stood over his shoulder. I relay the story to illustrate how our government is expanding...

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