I would just like your ideas, opinions, thoughts, and solutions about this situation I'm going to write about. I'm gonna try to be as neutral as possible in my presentation and let the conversation go where it will. Do you think it is right? Wrong? How should it be done? What should be done? And so forth.
This evening a friend and I were going to dinner and my friend pointed out a house up a hollow and commented that the man that lived there was mildly retarded. Too retarded to be considered capable of holding a job. And so he draws a check from SSI. And also draws MedicAID benefits. My friend commented that he was smart enough to work jobs like mowing yards, weed eating, maintaining cemeteries, cutting fire wood, and such. And he was smart enough to work only for cash money. He was living with a woman that had some sort of disability also, not mental, that was also drawing a check from SSI and MedicAID benefits. They have 8 children. All of whom are mildly retarded. None of them have ever been to any school of any sort. All 8 of the kids gets a SSI check and MedicAID benefits. My friend said she had talked to the old man and various of the children and while they may not have been the sharpest knives in the drawer, she had taught kids in school that seemed no brighter. And that the old man could certainly figure out in his head what you owed him if he was making xx dollars and worked xx hours without counting on his fingers.
What do you'll think about this??
