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Thursday, October 27, 2005

They hate you if yr clever and they despise a fool

Was doing some copying for a case-social security appeal. This person claims she can't work for all the usual reasons. Well, not to say much but it's not a physical disability that is the problem with this individual.
What struck me-several things did really-but what really got me was this is a person-who couldn't hold a job for longer than a few months at most and who had only a high school education alongside of several disability issues.
This individual-without fail-was paid more per hour at every job that she had before application for benefits than I have EVER earned before the job I have now.
Think about that. A person with a mental disability and only the basics of education was consistently paid more than I ever was. At jobs that I was turned down for, at times (yr burger flipping paper hat desperation jobs). I have no mental incapacity (unless procrastination is a disease) a college degree and am progressing at the expected rate and with some success toward a master's.

What.
The.
Fuck.

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