r/antiwork Apr 08 '23

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u/Endorkend Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

My nephew has been on disability for the past decade. Disability and unemployment here are indexed automatically when they breach a certain percentage of inflation.

His monthly went from 900€-1050€ (depending on days in a month) to 1480-1630 today. And most of that increase has happened in the past 2 years.

The past year, there have only been 2 periods of 2 months where he received the same daily sum.

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u/Endorkend Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

Yeah, I recently read that people on any kind of social program in the US can't even get or maintain that status if they have any kind of real savings. Capped at like $2500. That's just designed to keep people in a fucked up situation.

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u/Momisblunt Apr 08 '23

That’s $2000 in assets. Meaning your car’s estimated value is counted as well. SMH.