The Social Security Administration recently informed me that I’ve earned enough “credits” for my child to receive $577 per month in benefits “if you die this year.” Five hundred and seventy-seven dollars a month. It’s funny. I used to get exactly that on welfare: a young broke single mom with her sweet fat baby. Five hundred and seventy-seven dollars. But… return to article
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Reader Comments (4)Page 1 of 1 pagesGreat article, thank you for also touching on how difficult it is to raise a teenager on the “middle-class” income that most of us make.
Good note on the army recruiter stuff too. . . Bush’s silver spoon irony knows no bounds.
Posted by Ed Mellon on Apr 19, 2004 at 12:25 PM It is sad the way the bilons of dollars in this great country are used and distributed. These ultra rich politicians want to blame people for growing up poor,and not having a trust fund waiting for them when they turn 18..
Posted by eric Sloan on Apr 19, 2004 at 3:17 PM Why should the rest of the population pay every time these “responsible adults” get knocked up and bring yet another child into this already overcrowded world. The only persons responsible for paying for and raising children are the parents. If you want “our” money to raise YOUR children, perhaps you should consult with the rest of us before you decide to concieve these assumed societal adoptees.
Posted by W O on Apr 26, 2004 at 8:13 PM Yeah, I took my $300 “whopping winfall” from the tax cut and gave it to a non-profit. Anything to stick it in the ass of that idiot son of an asshole in the Whitehouse.
Hey, W.O., you’re a fucking lunatic.
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