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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5904625" data-attributes="member: 24302">But that&#039;s not the same as saying people are getting Social Security without having paid into it.&nbsp; SSI is a separate program within Social Security designed to assist the very poor.&nbsp; Looked into it for my mother who has a low SS benefit but she didn&#039;t qualify because her income was too high and she owned a car.&nbsp; Her income was right below the poverty line which gives you an idea about how poor you have to be to get SSI.&nbsp; So why don&#039;t the ones who get SSI just go get a job?&nbsp; Usually it&#039;s someone who has a disability that keeps them from working but because they&#039;re young their disability check, based on work record, is minimal.&nbsp; Say something like $500-700 a month.&nbsp; So they might get an extra few hundred from SSI.&nbsp; Funny story.&nbsp; If you get SS Disability you can live overseas and collect it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not so with SSI.&nbsp; 25 years ago knew a guy who managed to get a $400 a month SSI check.&nbsp; Moved to the Philippines, got by fine including a young Filipina girlfriend.&nbsp; Was bragging about his great life online.&nbsp; His ex-wife saw it, he owed her child support, and she reported him.&nbsp; SSI ended, he was flat broke in the Philippines.&nbsp; His girlfriend left him.&nbsp; Eventually he stopped posting after a failed attempt to make money by doing &quot;investigative reports&quot; on places to live in the Philippines for a fee.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5904625, member: 24302"] But that's not the same as saying people are getting Social Security without having paid into it. SSI is a separate program within Social Security designed to assist the very poor. Looked into it for my mother who has a low SS benefit but she didn't qualify because her income was too high and she owned a car. Her income was right below the poverty line which gives you an idea about how poor you have to be to get SSI. So why don't the ones who get SSI just go get a job? Usually it's someone who has a disability that keeps them from working but because they're young their disability check, based on work record, is minimal. Say something like $500-700 a month. So they might get an extra few hundred from SSI. Funny story. If you get SS Disability you can live overseas and collect it. Not so with SSI. 25 years ago knew a guy who managed to get a $400 a month SSI check. Moved to the Philippines, got by fine including a young Filipina girlfriend. Was bragging about his great life online. His ex-wife saw it, he owed her child support, and she reported him. SSI ended, he was flat broke in the Philippines. His girlfriend left him. Eventually he stopped posting after a failed attempt to make money by doing "investigative reports" on places to live in the Philippines for a fee. [/QUOTE]

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