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To: NC Governor Roy Cooper
Help for for SS recipients
Issue financial help to those who slip thru the cracks!
All of us are in dire need of another stimulus check, but there is one group of folks that have been forgotten.
Those that are drawing SS disability could barely meet any of their financial responsibilities before this happened.
Some disabled folks I know can work for just a few hours a week ( whether employed by a retail business now shut down or they are considered self-employed) but they will NOT be eligible for PUA or unemployment.
All of us are in dire need of another stimulus check, but there is one group of folks that have been forgotten.
Those that are drawing SS disability could barely meet any of their financial responsibilities before this happened.
Some disabled folks I know can work for just a few hours a week ( whether employed by a retail business now shut down or they are considered self-employed) but they will NOT be eligible for PUA or unemployment.
Why is this important?
There is one group of people that fall between unemployment and pandemic assistance unemployment. Those drawing Social Security and Social Security Disability have been forgotten.
Those that have Social Security as their only income have been greatly impacted, and there has been no mention of this group.
Most of these folks are your parents or grandparents, aunts and uncles. They have worked hard all of their lives now to live amidst such a struggle just to buy food and medication and keep their lights on. Surely you do not want that for your family member.
With the Back to Work program, there is a section of disabled folks that are allowed to work a tiny amount of hours each week, if medically possible (given their disability), within the guidelines SS has set up.
They cannot pay rent, mortgages, pharmacy bills, even expected monthly bills such as electricity, with the one time $1200 stimulus payment!
A lot of folks have had to double up and delay payment for phone or electricity for two months, while it was already difficult to pay just for one month.
While all are thankful IF they have received the stimulus check, many that I know have not even received the first check!! They are going to be so far behind on all bills, where do they go for help?
How can SO MANY I know even afford to EAT and buy food and much needed maintenance medications without ANY INCOME?! Retail Pharmacies do not allow you to run a tab and pay whenever! These medications are crucial in order to just function on the most basic, bare level, even staying at home. Chronic pain patients are very hard-hit.
Those that are living on a disability check have had to stack up several months on some bills. There is simply no money at all just to exist!
PLEASE HELP!!
I know a lot of self employed people that make such a small amount of money and some are also drawing disability. They just cannot live on the disability check and the self-employment assistance WILL NOT be available to these good people. How do we help them??? They were barely squeaking by before now.
We are the “richest country in the world” and to say these folks live on a fixed income doesn’t even begin to describe the tiny amount of money they have to juggle. This SHOULD NOT HAPPEN in the USA.
#nooneshouldgowithout #allofusneedtoeat #helpthepeopleleftout #disabledandforgotten
Those that have Social Security as their only income have been greatly impacted, and there has been no mention of this group.
Most of these folks are your parents or grandparents, aunts and uncles. They have worked hard all of their lives now to live amidst such a struggle just to buy food and medication and keep their lights on. Surely you do not want that for your family member.
With the Back to Work program, there is a section of disabled folks that are allowed to work a tiny amount of hours each week, if medically possible (given their disability), within the guidelines SS has set up.
They cannot pay rent, mortgages, pharmacy bills, even expected monthly bills such as electricity, with the one time $1200 stimulus payment!
A lot of folks have had to double up and delay payment for phone or electricity for two months, while it was already difficult to pay just for one month.
While all are thankful IF they have received the stimulus check, many that I know have not even received the first check!! They are going to be so far behind on all bills, where do they go for help?
How can SO MANY I know even afford to EAT and buy food and much needed maintenance medications without ANY INCOME?! Retail Pharmacies do not allow you to run a tab and pay whenever! These medications are crucial in order to just function on the most basic, bare level, even staying at home. Chronic pain patients are very hard-hit.
Those that are living on a disability check have had to stack up several months on some bills. There is simply no money at all just to exist!
PLEASE HELP!!
I know a lot of self employed people that make such a small amount of money and some are also drawing disability. They just cannot live on the disability check and the self-employment assistance WILL NOT be available to these good people. How do we help them??? They were barely squeaking by before now.
We are the “richest country in the world” and to say these folks live on a fixed income doesn’t even begin to describe the tiny amount of money they have to juggle. This SHOULD NOT HAPPEN in the USA.
#nooneshouldgowithout #allofusneedtoeat #helpthepeopleleftout #disabledandforgotten
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