Blind Missourians with spouses making $36,000 a year would lose state aid under proposal

[TexasTowelie]

JEFFERSON CITY • More than 350 blind people could be cut off from a special state fund under legislation being considered by Missouri lawmakers.

In testimony to a House budget panel Wednesday, Rep. David Wood, R-Versailles, said the state should impose new financial limits on the state's Blind Pension Fund program and remove any recipient who has a driver’s license from receiving the benefit.

“We want to make sure it goes to the right people,” Wood said.

The state's Blind Pension Fund was established in the 1920s as a social safety net for the visually impaired. Last year, monthly payments of about $730 per month were paid out to an average of 2,874 recipients.

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[Sophia4]

1. Off to the divorce court many will go.

What a stupid thing to do.

[Phoenix61]

2. I get not making payments if the person has

a driver's license. I would like to think being legally blind would keep someone from behind the wheel.