What about us? "without work through no fault of their own."

[dajoki]

I worked and paid taxes my entire life, until I "made the mistake" of having a serious accident at work which forced me to go on SSD. What about ALL the people on SSD and SSI, don't we count? Charlie Rangel didn't even mention us when he said: "I do not understand, and cannot accept, the resistance of President Bush and Republican leaders to including an extension of unemployment benefits for those who are without work through no fault of their own". And Pelosi agreeing to drop increases in food stamps, why? Maybe they think we don't vote, I don't know, but this is very dissapointing to me.
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Stimulus deal would help California homebuyers with jumbo mortgages
Most taxpayers would also get refunds of $600 to $1,200
Mercury News staff and wire services
Article Launched: 01/24/2008 07:24:58 AM PST
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8065239?nclick_check=1

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The rebates would go to 117 million families, according to a Democratic summary. That includes $28 billion in checks to 35 million working families who wouldn't have been helped by Bush's original proposal, the analysis estimated.

Republicans, for their part, were pleased that the bulk of the rebates - more than 70 percent, according to an analysis by Congress' Joint Tax Committee - would go to individuals who pay taxes.

Under the stimulus deal, individuals who pay income taxes would get up to $600, working couples $1,200 and those with children an additional $300 per child. Workers who make at least $3,000 but don't pay taxes would get $300 rebates.

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Pelosi, D-Calif., agreed to drop increases in food stamp and unemployment benefits during a Wednesday meeting in exchange for gaining the rebates of at least $300 for almost everyone earning a paycheck, including those who make too little to pay income taxes.

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"I do not understand, and cannot accept, the resistance of President Bush and Republican leaders to including an extension of unemployment benefits for those who are without work through no fault of their own," Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., the Ways and Means Committee chairman, said in a statement.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the Finance Committee Chairman, said leaving out the unemployment extension was "a mistake," as he announced plans to craft a separate stimulus package in the Senate.

[Deja Q]

1. Well, Congress recently gave itself a raise and who thinks they AREN'T disabled?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575787/

[fed-up]

2. I fed diners in restaurants/kids in daycare/mom after stroke (in home care) now broken & hungry

cuz ya know we don't need to pay outrageous gas prices to go to doctor's appointments or to pick up meds or food or heat hot water (forget heating the house)

heck, the price increases in the stores don't count as us poor broken folks don't really need to eat...

also was told that there is a new law in CA that if the governor declares not enough money in the pot that food stamps can be limited to 3 month starting April 2008


but we have $$$$$2,000,000,000 to kill innocent people


my new menu will now be beans OR rice instead of bean AND rice :(

[cutlassmama]

3. Move out of CA. That's outrageous!

[Pastiche423]

4. The stimulus deal sucks BIG ONES

It will do nothing but increase our already monsterous debt. Whoever proposed the deal should (should - ha ha) be fired. There may be a few idiots that will spend it, but not enough to do any good.

Having said that, I HATE being treated as a non-person or a non-citizen. I'd rather be included in those that get checks and not get one, than to be ignored.

When Nancy Pelosi became my representative in 1987 (one year after my injury), I was proud of her and my vote for her.

Now, I want her voted out of office.

[ildemo]

5. What if I can work a little?

Now what I am on disability, can anyone tell me if it would be safe to work a menial part-time job for some extra cash? Like at the corner gas station?

Or will it red-flag me?

I really need a little extra money to cover the bills, but I don't want to get cut off, especially since I have only been on SSDI for a month. Nor do I want to trigger an early CDR. As it is, they said I have 5-7 years before a review.