DOES THE GOVERNMENT PURPOSELY KEEP PEOPLE AT POVERTY LEVEL? [+] serious ballot by larrynelmira created Tue Nov 21, 06 You may remember me talking about my elderly great-aunt who lives in a senior citizen apt housing . She receives Social Security as well as Veterans benefits from her deceased husband. She lives on the poverty line, my father as well as other family members have asked her to move in with them but she is very independent and says no, but she cannot get ahead, when she receives a raise in her Social Security her Veterans benefits are lowered and her rent goes up, it balances out to where she never gets even a dollar more. I know some of you will say she should have planned for retirement better or she is lucky she gets enough to survive, which is what she is doing, just surviving. I don’t see it that way, things happen in life that no one plans for, she and her husband paid into Social Security all of their lives, they both worked and her Veterans check she receives because her husband was wounded in war, why can’t they be separate, why when she gets an increase in one the other is lowered? She doesn’t expect to get rich from these checks, but she should at least receive enough to live the last years of her life in dignity, we help her as much as she will let us, but I can tell she hates taking from us and other family members, it just doesn’t seem fair and it seems as though the government is purposely keeping her at the poverty level. Yes, seems that way No, she should thank Uncle Sam for giving her enough for food and shelter Ballot #105678 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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