Retailers appear to be a lot trickier this time. (BF discussion)

[Joelcool7]

Baalzamon said:

This money is provided so you can get through life and be able to purchase the necessities.

$1,000 of movies, video games, electronics, etc. is NOT necessities.  The idea behind providing this kind of money is that it is not intended to be used on these products.  Clearly, you only need to be getting about $400 a month, because taxpayers should NOT be paying to purchase your video games.

Yes, it is absolutely wonderful that you volunteer a lot, and I think it is awesome that you are willing to do this since you do not have a job (you made it sound as if you more or less do after your interview, nice work ), but that doesn't mean money being provided to you by the government and paid for by taxpayers meant for life essentials should be spent on $1000 of movies, games, electronics, and other stuff.

Well first off let me clarify I am on disability not welfare. I am also not on disability by choice my psychiatrist ordered it and my doctor and social worker put the paper work through before I even knew what was going on. I was going to get off right after I found out I had been accepted but then I got sick starting with severe Insomnia and then an infection. I lost two jobs due to being sick and my medical bill alone was over 2k a day according to my doctor. I tried working I had a toe infection and was a security guard I worked I was told to stop and I told my doctor I couldn't I needed to keep working. The toe was bleeding every day to the point my shoe began to ooze, eventually I got hospitalized 4 hours a day and was pulled from work because the infection spread to the rest of my foot, I was told it might have to be amputated.

Guess what my dang employer did, he told me after two weeks of hospitalization that I had 12 hours to get back to work. I told him my foot might need to be amputated and I was in hospital and he said that the company had a two week sick policy and that I had gone over my alotted sick time. By the end of the third week I was fired.

Another thing out of people with Aspergers Syndrom the employment rate is 12% of that twelve percent very few live above poverty level. We may be extremely intelligent at times and appear mentally capable. But there are many problems that prevent us from working full time. When I was younger I had a mental break down I worked a full time job and by the end of the year was on anti-depressants and finally when my employer slapped me in the face I went ballistic and quit. When I was younger I dealt with depression so bad I attempted suicide multiple times. Also I suffer from severe anxiety and such.

In the end I work as much as I can, when I am not working I try to contribute as much as I can to society. But I did not choose to have Aspergers and I do my best to contribute just as much as everyone else. As do the friends I have also on disability as well as the disabled people I work with when I volunteer.

I do not see why my quality of life should be so severely low because of something completely out of my control, at least in Canada or North America.

Like I said I only have 500$ dollars spending money each month and after bills its nearly half that. What I chose to eat or do to save money so I can buy a movie or two every month. Or if I chose to save that money for months and buy a shit ton for 1/3rd the price.

It seems a lot of the people on VGChartz who are against social services whether it be welfare or disability all have money. You have jobs and your not incapable of or unable to find work. But if you couldn't find work do you really think your quality of life just be lower then a convicted murderer?

I volunteer in Prison and the prisoners I volunteer with get everything I do and more. I eat once a day sometimes only Mac and Cheese but these guys get three full meals. A gym but my gym pass was to expensive to pay, they get theater night each week where they can watch a theater movie, I pay for mine. They get HD-TV's yes not big screen but they do get I think up to 22 inch's or what ever. They can own music CD's and DVD's. Yes there are jobs in the prison to help them earn but you can also get an allowance.

While I live in a shitty two room apartment I share with my dad, we have a bed bug infestation the management won't deal with. I have water leaking through my roof and I'm on the second floor. It smells like urine and the sinks barely drain but I can't get a plumber in, I tried hiring one myself but management said they need to hire them.

Look those few movies and games I get on Black Friday and Boxing Day, yah I get 1,000$ worth they last me most of the year. They are the one thing that makes life not completely miserable. I honestly don't see how anyone can think poor people in Canada or the US should be forced onto the streets or given a worse life then a convicted murderer.

In fact it costs more then 500$ a month to house an inmate.

Anyways your money is not going to luxurious living if it goes to me at all. A. Your money gives me the bare necessities to live and the few movies and games I buy make life bearable. That's putting it simply B. The money you pay that does help poor people goes straight back into the economy paying for your job and those of everyone else, really how much of that money is actually lost? C.The money that helps out the poor keeps them from resorting to crime, not that I would ever resort to crime but I know many who do. Including people on this site who pirate and have more then enough money to legally acquire the movies and games.

Edit I thought I'd give a link to another discusion that where I talked about welfare and not my actual position in life. Welfare and disability are both necessary to keep society going! If you had worked in law enforcement been involved in politics and or worked at the welfare office and such you'd realize just how important welfare is. And the 500$ or less many on welfare make only 350$ helps keep society going!