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Wiz Imp

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73. SSI is NOT Social Security

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:09 PM

Apr 3

It is overseen by the SSA, but is a completely separate program.

https://www.ssa.gov/redbook/eng/overview-disability.htm?

The SSI program makes cash payments to people who are aged, blind, or have developed a disability (including children) and who have limited income and resources. The federal government funds SSI from general tax revenues. Many states pay a supplemental benefit to people in addition to the federal payments. Some of these states have arrangements with us to combine their supplemental payment with the federal SSI payment into 1 monthly check. Other states manage their own programs and make their payments separately. Title XVI of the Social Security Act authorizes SSI benefits.

SSDI provides benefits to people who have developed a disability or who are blind and who are “insured” by workers’ contributions to the Social Security trust fund. These contributions are based on your earnings (or those of your spouse or parents) as required by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Title II of the Social Security Act authorizes SSDI benefits. Your dependents may also be eligible for benefits from your earnings record.

As an aside, I know someone whose wife is on SSDI. She is legitimately disabled and I believe it took over 2 YEARS from the time she first applied until the time it was approved. Yes, there is fraud committed in SSI & SSDI but it is far from a massive amount and not at all easy to get away with it.

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JD Vance just told Fox & Friends that 40% of people calling Social Security "are actually committing fraud" [View all] highplainsdem Apr 3 OP

Couch fucker should stfu SheltieLover Apr 3 #1

Impeach Trump, Vance & Johnson before they kill us all! NotHardly Apr 3 #70

Absolutely! SheltieLover Apr 3 #74

These people are sick in the head as well as evil heart.................... Lovie777 Apr 3 #2

Will no one ever ask for proof? BoRaGard Apr 3 #3

That always infuriates me. Mr. Evil Apr 3 #50

JD, I heard from the same source where you got that that your mother is a jackal. Scrivener7 Apr 3 #4

I heard that his mother was a hamster RazorbackExpat Apr 3 #10

You silly liberalgunwilltravel Apr 3 #40

I fart in your general direction ButchMcMuffin Apr 3 #41

I blow my nose at you! nt Dulcinea Apr 3 #53

100 % of guests on Fox and Friends are frauds Johonny Apr 3 #5

Lol let them cut into social security. bearsfootball516 Apr 3 #6

I hope you're right, all I see and think is thousands will die without their S S and there won't be enough people a kennedy Apr 3 #12

Don't forget the 6.3 million who voted for Biden but not for Harris. CrispyQ Apr 3 #32

Preach on! Moostache Apr 3 #62

You're assuming that count was true Ritabert Apr 3 #85

They'll be required to bring their death certificate to register... rubbersole Apr 3 #67

The Nazi parasite pulled that number out of his ass and gave it to him dalton99a Apr 3 #7

The lying POS even throws in the "150 years olds collecting checks" disproven lie. Swede Apr 3 #8

JD! Who are they? Identify them if 'they' truly are collecting the money. Norrrm Apr 3 #36

I heard a caller on a progressive talk show say she called the SSA with a question and the person who was answering ImNotGod Apr 3 #9

I don't know why I bother to ask, but since I can't watch now, did Fox anchors call him at all on this? hlthe2b Apr 3 #11

You just know Vance looks at the curvy couch on Fox & Friends and says "Mmmmm..." to himself. Efilroft Sul Apr 3 #13

It's all part of his cock and bull fantasy Blue Owl Apr 3 #58

Read this somewhere Pizza slice Apr 3 #14

Might believe that 40% of the scams against SS recipients is committed over the phone. But ... sinkingfeeling Apr 3 #21

0.00625% vs 34 counts of business fraud makes me ask, "Where's the fraud?" CrispyQ Apr 3 #38

I personally know 4 people on SSI TBA Apr 3 #15

There's a hotline to report disability fraud. sinkingfeeling Apr 3 #19

People can be disabled and still be able to participate in some way mountain grammy Apr 3 #20

Agree! Hope22 Apr 3 #25

Yep. I'd trust health professionals over anyone else. W_HAMILTON Apr 3 #89

Crazy how you know so many people's deeply personal information Mysterian Apr 3 #27

huh Kali Apr 3 #28

Tend to agree -- my rural FL observation spans 40 years. Have observed that allegorical oracle Apr 3 #45

I'm appalled at the number of people who are sure that people with disabilities are cheating the system. Ms. Toad Apr 3 #54

DU has had a reactionary undercurrent (that often pops up and punches down) since I joined in mid 2018. Celerity Apr 3 #69

Wish I could rec this post 100x intrepidity Apr 3 #78

That's amazing! dpibel Apr 3 #56

Actually, I know three*, two of whom I actually helped with forms and niyad Apr 3 #75

So you have to just be sitting around being a couch potato, in your estimation, Ms. Toad Apr 3 #46

JD Vance deserves to be lifted up misanthrope Apr 3 #87

On second thought, you're right. Ms. Toad Apr 3 #90

Hmmmm, I'll go with the Brookings Institute's findings I think. NoMoreRepugs Apr 3 #63

SSI is NOT Social Security Wiz Imp Apr 3 #73

I think you are mistaken - see Sec. 12.04 spooky3 Apr 3 #80

Trump sure picked a good LIAR for our VP. He can lie to your face real good. riversedge Apr 3 #16

I was raised on a farm in Ohio and that's the largest pile of shit I've ever seen. sinkingfeeling Apr 3 #17

I saw some MAGAt repeat this crap on Nextdoor. CousinIT Apr 3 #18

The only ones I suspected of fraud are all Republicans. Emile Apr 3 #22

Every Libertarian I know IRL (not many, admittedly) is on disability. yardwork Apr 3 #31

We can't wait for midterms. It will be too late by then. Linda ladeewolf Apr 3 #23

Hey, Flipper Aviation Pro Apr 3 #24

To condense and clarify - "JD Vance... '...actually committing fraud'" dchill Apr 3 #26

GOP accusations are confessions. Irish_Dem Apr 3 #29

Let me guess, there will be an income test bucolic_frolic Apr 3 #30

That jerkoff lies every time he opens his damn mouth... he should go fuck another couch & STFU!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 3 #33

We've elected our enemies. Turbineguy Apr 3 #34

You have to be a liar if you work with trmp... spanone Apr 3 #35

You used to have to go on line to hear that level of bullshit... Wounded Bear Apr 3 #37

They are going to take our Social Security, it's that simple Eliot Rosewater Apr 3 #39

Makes me wish I had chosen the East Coast as my choice for USMC duty station in 1998. Crowman2009 Apr 3 #42

Trump's cabinet is full of liars, spies and terrorists who are actively working against the American people. hadEnuf Apr 3 #43

Move fast and break things IronLionZion Apr 3 #44

Vance Talks Out Of His Ass Which Is Also Where His Sense Of Taste Resides MayReasonRule Apr 3 #47

Go fuck another couch, creep. Basso8vb Apr 3 #48

Shows no proof of this Owens Apr 3 #49

They are building the narrative blue-wave Apr 3 #51

Go bang a couch, VD Jance. Dulcinea Apr 3 #52

That is what Littlered Apr 3 #55

The lie covers their belief that if 1 person out of 100 gets something they don't deserve then the other 99 wiggs Apr 3 #57

But it's not 1 in 100 ... VMA131Marine Apr 3 #88

Come here and say that, couchfucker C_U_L8R Apr 3 #59

With all this fraud, where are the prosecutions, Davenporter? Sneederbunk Apr 3 #60

Just when you thought the BS couldn't get deeper up steps JD. flashman13 Apr 3 #61

JD 100% fraud RANDYWILDMAN Apr 3 #64

He just defamed the American people. Impeach the motherfucker. nt SunSeeker Apr 3 #65

This imbecile is a poster boy on why Dump loves Xi, Putin and North Korea wolfie001 Apr 3 #66

Don't expect truth from Vance or FOX and Assholes. twodogsbarking Apr 3 #68

What Self-Respecting Fraudster RobinA Apr 3 #71

Well, That Sounds Made Up ProfessorGAC Apr 3 #72

I understood that to mean that 40% of the calls received at SSA were by scammers trying to change people's banking info MichMan Apr 3 #76

What an interesting understanding dpibel Apr 3 #81

Vance is just despicable. viva la Apr 3 #77

STFU, you disgusting little pervert. niyad Apr 3 #79

because 98 year old grandma's would never miss the payment. People do not rely on the SS checks, they rely on their LiberalArkie Apr 3 #82

Just threatening to scapegoat anyone who speaks applegrove Apr 3 #83

They're intentionally tanking Social Security. This kind of shit from Vance is just fluff. jalan48 Apr 3 #84

Well, he needs to be called out LOUDLY senseandsensibility Apr 3 #86