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Rant

No incentive to learn English...paid NOT to

Apr 8, 2015 5:45AM PDT

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Response
Apr 8, 2015 6:54AM PDT
"may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits."

MAY is not the same as WILL

MAY increase....then again, it MAY not.
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According to the reports
Apr 8, 2015 8:13AM PDT

very few, if any, are denied the benefits.

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RE: according to the reports
Apr 8, 2015 10:43AM PDT

These "reports"?

The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.

the "reports" that don't "keep track of numbers"?

The same people that disregard numbers for climate change will make judgements on NO numbers.

Go figure.

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NOW who's the 'denier'?
Apr 8, 2015 6:11PM PDT

We deny climate change based on numbers that 'experts' are paid to produce....you deny based on numbers not given. The article you keep quoting is about an agency that doesn't DENY the benefits are being given......they just aren't bothering to track how many are getting them. Pretty convenient......make up numbers to get what you want and hide numbers to get the results you want. When does it get to the point where even liberals have to admit this is a WH gone berserk with our money, policies, and regulations?

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So we're both the same
Apr 8, 2015 9:24PM PDT

Does that make you feel better?

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It MAY rain there this year
Apr 8, 2015 8:53AM PDT

But that doesn't mean it WILL. It also MAY NOT rain there this year. Of course then we move to PROBABILITIES.

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That is so wrong in so many ways.
Apr 8, 2015 9:26PM PDT

Does that mean that recent immigrants can get ss disability because they don't speak English?

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Based on this admin's belief
Apr 8, 2015 10:05PM PDT

that no one should be discriminated against regarding any issue, if they are doing it for one 'class', you can expect they will do it for all.

Also, since this program also covers the ability for them to collect ALL benefits given by 'welfare' standards, they are also receiving housing, foodstamps, education, and healthcare among other things available thru social services either on a federal or state level since, once they 'qualify' for disability benefits, they qualify for everything else.

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I have heard that Puerto Rico wants to become a state
Apr 9, 2015 5:35AM PDT

but they don't want English made the official language. Of course, English isn't the national language of the US either.

I wonder if I can move to Mexico and get disability since I don't speak Spanish?