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bobichu said:
can someone explain to me how chris exactly was found eligible for social security disability insurance?
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There are 2 types of social security disability benefits. i forget the actual acronym difference but it boils down to this - one type is the one you pay into (work history credits), the other type you don't have to pay into. Typically the one you have to pay into deals primarily with physical injuries, but if you have a work history with a certain number of social security credits built up it can help your case get approved faster as it shows that yes you HAVE worked, but no longer can. The other type is usually used for people who are completely unable to work as well as children under 18. This can include individuals who have some work history, but for reasons related to their disability were unable to keep the job(s).
Furthermore, it's standard policy to send all cases to review if benefits began while the person was a minor but then turn 18. This is for 2 reasons - one is to re-evaluate their disability and see if they could hold down even menial work to support themselves (typically for individuals with mental/cognitive disorders and no physical disabilities), and the second is to determine if their disabilities prevent them from becoming productive members of society (this usually gets approved if there's physical disabilities, or a very short list of mental illnesses involved).
This is why you see so many mildly autistic 18 year olds bitching about having their tugboats taken. Social Security essentially told them "you won't know if you can do it or not until you try first. try it out, thn come back and we can start the process all over again."
Marvin said:
As a disabled child, Chris receives SSDI through Bob's work credits.
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This is incorrect. There are extremely special criteria for this, and chris would no longer be eligible for it after the age of 18 anyway due to the fact he does technically still have a caretaker (his mother). If both parents were dead, or if dad was the only parent in the picture at the time of death, he may have met some of the special criteria for this.
Barb, however, can receive benefits in addition to her own benefits based off bob's work history as long as she does not remarry. Whether she dos or not, I haven't a clue. But she could if she wanted to.
 
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Southern Belle said:
This is incorrect. There are extremely special criteria for this, and chris would no longer be eligible for it after the age of 18 anyway due to the fact he does technically still have a caretaker (his mother). If both parents were dead, or if dad was the only parent in the picture at the time of death, he may have met some of the special criteria for this.
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The SSDI program pays benefits to adults who have a disability that began before they became 22-years-old. We consider this SSDI benefit as a “child’s” benefit because it’s paid on a parent’s Social Security earnings record.

For a disabled adult to become entitled to this “child” benefit, one of his or her parents:
  • Must be receiving Social Security retirement or disability benefits; or
  • Must have died and have worked enough to qualify for Social Security.
These benefits also are payable to an adult if he or she is disabled at age 18, and if they received dependents benefits on a parent’s Social Security earnings record prior to age 18. We make the disability determination using the disability rules for adults. SSDI disabled adult “child” benefits continue as long as the individual remains disabled. Your child doesn’t need to have worked to get these benefits.
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https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10026.pdf

Edit: Chris receives SSDI, not SSI.
 
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Question: Does chris still rub Oestrogel on his chest?

Been thinking about why chris doesn't tard rage as much, could it be a lack of testosterone in his body due to the oestrogel?
I'm no doctor so I don't know shit.
 
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Am I mistaken when I read somewhere, at one point, the house was paid off? Did they have to mortgage it again or was what I read mistaken?
 
Pepito said:
The tugboat isn't enough to keep the fatty afloat, not without his mother and house. if he loses one or the other, the Hobo Saga will begin.
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He could probably get an apartment somewhere.

Autistic-No-Yari said:
Am I mistaken when I read somewhere, at one point, the house was paid off? Did they have to mortgage it again or was what I read mistaken?
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Bob paid it off. Barb re-mortgaged it for some reason.
 
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Pepito said:
The tugboat isn't enough to keep the fatty afloat, not without his mother and house. if he loses one or the other, the Hobo Saga will begin.
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His mother and house are not real financial assets. The house is mortgaged to the hilt and he pays $800 a month for that. He could pay less than that for decent 1 bedroom apartment. His mother brings in some money, but has oodles of debt and is constantly badgering him for money. Whether she is a net asset or not is unclear. Once he got settled, he would be able to manage financially on his own. There would be lots of whining, but he could do it.
Autistic-No-Yari said:
Somehow, with how utterly stupid a decision that was, it makes perfect sense for her. Why not make the situation worse, after all?
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Barb has the ultimate kick-the-can-down-the-road attitude towards personal finance. Each month, she gets her hands on the maximum amount of money she can, and then solves the next month when it comes around. For a person like that, having an unmortgaged house is a waste.
 
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timtommy said:
His mother and house are not real financial assets. The house is mortgaged to the hilt and he pays $800 a month for that. He could pay less than that for decent 1 bedroom apartment. His mother brings in some money, but has oodles of debt and is constantly badgering him for money. Whether she is a net asset or not is unclear. Once he got settled, he would be able to manage financially on his own. There would be lots of whining, but he could do it.
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I fully understand how someone can keep a roof over his head with wellfare money but I doubt Chris could manage something like that. Unless he gets a tard wrangler or somebody that keeps him on a financial leash, he'll blow the money away on frivolities, as usual. Or, maybe, I'm terribly wrong and the guy can grow up a big deal before finding himself living in the streets. Let's hope I'm wrong. Nobody deserves that kind of fate.
 
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Pepito said:
I fully understand how someone can keep a roof over his head with wellfare money but I doubt Chris could manage something like that. Unless he gets a tard wrangler or somebody that keeps him on a financial leash, he'll blow the money away on frivolities, as usual. Or, maybe, I'm terribly wrong and the guy can grow up a big deal before finding himself living in the streets. Let's hope I'm wrong. Nobody deserves that kind of fate.
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I think you misunderstand Chris' current financial habits. When you see Chris pissing money away on toys, it's after he's paid his monthly bills. He's responsible enough to do that.

When you see Chris begging for money, it's because he's a greedy manchild who wants more toys. Not because he spent already earmarked money on toys.
 
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Marvin said:
I think you misunderstand Chris' current financial habits. When you see Chris pissing money away on toys, it's after he's paid his monthly bills. He's responsible enough to do that.

When you see Chris begging for money, it's because he's a greedy manchild who wants more toys. Not because he spent already earmarked money on toys.
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Then why are they in 'any' sort of trouble at all? He's obviously not paying attention as well as you say.
 
Subconcious Offense said:
Are his friends "normal" people?
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I feel they're normal in the sense they're not CWC. Through my time in college gaming clubs, I've met plenty of ugly social defects who nonetheless manage a fairly intimate network of relations. Those are the kinds of people his social circle reminds me of. Chris's friends in all likeliness are pretty spergy but I doubt they're full-on lolcows.
 
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