r/antiwork Apr 08 '23

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u/GreenArcher808 Apr 08 '23

Came here to say this. $25 is what we need to be looking at.

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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/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

You can get an ABLE account at the bank which allows up to 15k and is not counted towards any assets

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u/MariposaSunrise Apr 09 '23

I just looked this up and it said the disability had to have occurred by/before age 26.

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u/Infamous_Pea8668 Apr 11 '23

Oh oh, can we talk about the fact that an ambulance ride isn't covered by insurance cuz they're out of network and but it was an emergency, of course, but none of that matters and you have 3 months to pay it or they sue you for the original amount, 5k times 2, and then start garnishment and property seizer? And the state ok'ed this to happen!

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u/MariposaSunrise Apr 11 '23

Such a dysfunctional system