ProPublica: Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families.
Now, President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to penalize people like Burton simply for living in the same home as their families, according to four federal officials, internal emails and a federal regulatory listing. The administration is working on a rule change that would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their SSI allotment, even if the family members they live with are poor enough to qualify for food stamps. This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third — about $330 a month in Burton’s case — or ending their support altogether.
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(The disability programs are administered by the Social Security Administration but separate from the retirement program for which the agency is named. The Trump administration has promised not to cut Social Security retirement payments.)
The likely SSI cut will affect not just younger adults with disabilities such as Down syndrome and severe autism who are still living at home with their low-income parents, but also older people with health or financial problems who have had to move in with their adult children on tight budgets. All told, as many as 400,000 poor and disabled people and indigent older people across the United States could have their support cut or eliminated, according to a ProPublica analysis of actuarial figures from the Social Security Administration.
[...] anyone living at home beyond age 18 without paying full rent will be treated as if they have a benefactor. The value of their bedroom as well as any income and assets their family may have will be calculated and recalculated as often as every month and deducted from their SSI check.
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If enacted, the change will require intellectually disabled young people like Burton as well as very elderly people to file extensive monthly reports if they want to continue their benefits even at the reduced level. They’ll have to provide details about the property where they live: whether it’s leased or owned, as well as the names of anyone in the home, and whether any of these people has any new income or assets. They’ll also have to include documentation of all household bills and expenses, showing how much they do or don’t contribute personally, as well as financial documents such as bank statements and any pay stubs.
Burdensome, time-consuming monthly requirements. An idea void of compassion. It's heartless and cruel. I wonder who's behind it?
Raw Story: 'Voters are just done': New poll shows Trump plunging to dire lows.
The poll, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, found the president languishing at 34 percent approval, with 64 percent disapproving — the lowest of Trump's second term.
It also found that a dismal all-time low 22 percent approve of his handling of cost-of-living issues, as the Iran war continues to drive up gas prices and destabilize inflation.
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"This includes AFTER the shooting at the correspondents' dinner," wrote Eric Michael Garcia of The Independent. "Voters are just done with Trump. They are angry about the economy and gas prices."
ABC News: Gas prices hit $4.23 per gallon.
Gasoline prices in the United States hit their highest level in four years on Tuesday as negotiations over the Iran war appeared to show little signs of a resolution.
The price of an average gallon of gas stands at $4.17, marking an increase of $1.19 per gallon since the war began on Feb. 28, AAA data showed. That amounts to a 28% jump in about two months.
CNBC: Powell to stay on board.
Trump’s legal attacks have ‘left me no choice’, [said Powell].
Are we "Winning"?
"Trump's playing 999 gazillion bazillian D Chess!"
Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurst Teh Plan!
Reminding readers and those who still support the 'da Orange Kang without any criticism, I LIKED #45. #47, not so much.
