Yesterday I went to the Social Security Office, across from the prison, to discuss my retirement options. I was given number 199. In addition to retirement, Social Security also dispenses money for disability. I would say from the gray hair, there were about three of us contemplating retirement, all the others were for disability. A few middle age men were carrying their fake canes. The canes aren't fake, it's the disabilities. I saw one such gentleman walk in from the parking lot, clearly the cane bore no weight, and was merely a prop. Most of the people waiting were quite young, in their twenties. Disability has now been expanded to include mental conditions such as depression, anxiety, additive personality and anger management. I will say many of them did look angry to me. It was hard finding a parking space. Business also looked good at the prison. If Johnny Manana's had gotten these crowds....
reprinted from Nov. 18, 2008
So true.
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It never gets old.
Thank you MM.
The best Social Security advice I received was via phone from a clerk in the Allentown office. It was during Covid. There wasn’t much of a wait time and she made choices clear to me. I was so grateful that we had a local office and I feel that it’s a rarity. I hope we can keep it through all the doge cuts.
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The SS Office in Allentown is fully funded into the future.
I am a senior who relies on SS for 80% of my income and pay close attention to the situation.
Great photo Mike. Unfortunately the system has its flaws and Im sure you stuck out. I hope I never have to go down there
ReplyDeleteI had the same experience when I applied for SSI after retiring. I said to my wife that our check might be so much higher if not for all the gun shot wounded draining the fund.
ReplyDeleteNot only all of the above... it took numerous visits (and hours of time...) to stop payments to my deceased Father... over 12K!!! Apparently few employees are fully capable of performing their jobs in my opinion. No wonder SS is slated to fail...
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