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Originally Posted by annadrose  That is ridiculous. Did you file an appeal or is it strictly based on income?
And people it is HARD to get any job much less one where they allow you to say "I'm only working these hours because I have to be there for my son" Really? There are 500 people waiting to fill the job and they are willing to work any hours we tell them so bye see you later.
And for some reason people think it's easy to get a job at McDonald's or somewhere like that. Maybe if you're a teenager. They don't want middle aged women working there simply because they know the very second we can do something better we are out of there.
They don't want people like Marilyn and myself. I would be happy to work there or anywhere right now for that matter.
If where you live gives people jobs and allows them to pick the hours tell me where it is I'm packing up and moving there. |
I wasn't the OP!
However, from the experience that a family member had:
They attempted to mainstream their child in public school so that they could get some assistance. Their child for all intent and purposes was being babysat by an aide in public school. He had to be tube fed, he had to diaper changes, he was and is wheelchair bound. (He had equine encephalitis when he was 6 months old---which is pretty much the age he stopped progressing mentally). Was that fair to the public school? I don't think so.
So, yes, she and her husband divorced just so the child could qualify for assistance. They did all the things described here (working from home, working opposite shifts, etc.) but the only way to get the child the care and the respite care THEY needed was to divorce.
So, all of you that think this can be solved w/ some scheduling "work"---get a grip! I don't think that is always realistic and shouldn't be necessary all the time! We've got people on the public dole who drive newer cars, eat better and live better than the working stiffs.
I get exactly what the OP is saying--exactly!
and to insinuate that the OP doesn't want to work? When was the last time any of you provided round-the-clock care for a child or parent who couldn't care for themselves? 8 hours of that is usually equivalent to what most of us do in 16 hours.
I'm all for personal responsibility. I'm all for earning the things you get. I'm all for working within the system. It doesn't mean that the system isn't wrong sometimes. Unfortunately, it's the only system we have at this time.