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I have [-]a friend[/-] an acquaintance that I've known for about 35 years, that never really liked to work anyway. So when his employer was revamping the company, this guy decided he wasn't going to go with the flow, and he told the owner that. The owner said deal with it or get fired. He got fired.....dumb@$$! There were no jobs around that he was qualified for, other than ones that required recitation of
"You want fries with that?", and no one else wanted to hire him because he'd been fired for refusing to work. So after he ran through his minimal lump sum pension refund (~$9K), one of his siblings convinced him to go the VA and claim "mental disability".
He went, and they
actually granted him "mental disability"....he gets a whopping $890 per month from the VA! He [-]lives[/-] exists on that...no other income! He lives in a public housing hi-rise where the rent is based on income. Some local charitable organization pays his monthly phone service and bill. He's 61, and has absolutely no savings, investments, or retirement accounts....none...nada...zip....and other than that tiny lump sum pension (which is looong gone), he never has!
When he gets to start collecting SS next year, he'll be living like a king!
Instead of a disability check, he should have received an Oscar for his performance at the VA.