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know a disability check is about 1062 a month at best,at 40 hours a week working thats 6.63 an hour can you live on that

Created by D.L. on October 30, 2011

i am severvely mentaly handycap bipolar i get a check for 816 a month- if that was a 40 hour work week that would be 5.10 an hour==== not even minnium wage..
tho i am greatful; for that i am 51 and have to live in my
mothers house and her care she is 82. why is a disabled
person paid less than minnium wage , can you live on 816 a month ????????????/? im not going to sit here and say what i really want tosay, i'll just tell you it aint right and i want that amount raised 50% so i can live,
i eat ramon noodles, saltine crackers, sardines and im damn tired of it. i cannot go out and supplenment my income i am to screwed up to do so. just becauses im not right in the head does not mean im not a person .
myh petition is to pay disableb people more than enoufe to to pay there bills an live.

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