2016 Postmortem

liberal_at_heart

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4. Wow it is really hard to pick one issue. I guess for this one post I will pick SS.

Sun Mar 13, 2016, 07:45 PM

Mar 2016

My autistic son will be turning 18 soon. He has been receiving SSDI through his father who receives SSDI because of being legally blind. My husband has some friends who are also blind and have several other health issues. The mother and her two children all just lost their SSI. Now the family is being split up because they can't afford to live in one place anymore. Not only does this upset me but it makes me wonder if my son will even be approved for SSI. Bernie is pretty much the only politician I have heard of that not only says no to cutting SS, but he wants to raise the cap on SS taxes and expand SS. I haven't heard anyone else propose doing this. This is one of many, many, many reasons I support Bernie.

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Wow it is really hard to pick one issue. I guess for this one post I will pick SS. liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #4

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