well, it seems that every blind, deaf, deaf-blind and other dialed people need to start a mass petition to get this changed. THere is no way that I will be able to handle a 19% hit next year. my rent has already gone up and if I am forced to take that cut, I will have to sell off what I have and go live on the streets. THis is not a pleasant prospect and, in fact, can be a very dangerous situation for a blind person.

now, I know of one way we can save the disability fund: dump all those off who have no business being there. This means that fakers, wannabes and illegal aliens will no longer be able to suck at the government tit. Its either that or the government starts hiring US at going market rates so that we can support ourselves. I don't see the private sector being very cooperative.

anyway, enough of my rant.

-eric

On Aug 14, 2015, at 2:01 AM, Harvey Heagy wrote:

> I agree, Eric.  And yet they are now saying the disability fund will run out
> in late 2016 and we may be cut by 19 percent.  Yet Social Security has no
> trouble at all giving everything to the senior citizens.  Just how many
> times are we going to have to bail SSA out before they get their act
> together?  Between the government bailing them out several times and SSA
> changing the formula by which our benefits are calculated back in 1979 we
> are always the losers even though we've earned and paid for these benefits.
> Harvey
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Flex radios
> 
> thats still a lot for me. that figure represents about a quarter of what =
> I get a year. I would have to save up for 2 years just to be able to buy =
> one right now. being on disability really sucks.
> 
> -Eric