alt.social-security-disability

PCGumshoe wrote:
> On Aug 24, 1:53 am, "Six String Stu" wrote:
>> Well if you have paid your dues, that part doesn't matter, it's over and
>> done with. Unless you still display signs of of a turpiduos nature. Then
>> maybe breaking rocks or working on a chain gang could cure the problem. :-)"PCGumshoe" wrote in message
>>
>> news: @ ...
>>
>>> On Aug 24, 12:31 am, tkd wrote:
>>>> I believe I have read that he will lose it or at least forfeit
>>>> it for any time spent incarcerated, after that I don't know if
>>>> he is permanently ineligible, needs new work credits to re-qualify,
>>>> or picks up where he left off?
>>>> Relayer wrote:
>>>>> Ok, I have talked about this guy before (Feelgood will remember). I
>>>>> have a friend on SSDI and I said he was an addict. Well guess what
>>>>> happened?Forged prescriptions and got nailed. Arrested. Looking to
>>>>> elevate to felonies. Either way facing jail time.
>>>>> What happens to his SSDI in this case?
>>> As the resident ex-felon, I'll say that if he's in jail and gets out
>>> on bail, he will keep his benefits until he is locked up (I think for
>>> more than 30 days). If he goes in and he's on SSDI, he will have to
>>> apply to reinstate his benefits, but he will lose them while he's
>>> incarcerated. His original onset date will still apply. I might
>>> suggest that you let him know that if he is released to some form of
>>> half-way house, he can re-apply then so long as the state is paying
>>> only a minimum supervisory role.
>>> I'll wait now for Jim to slam me because I was an ex-felon.
>
> I've paid my dues, it is actually interesting that you bring this up
> because I was thinking about it today. My household income is about
> $95,000. My personal income is less than $1000 a month. I'm
> fortunate that I NOW live a modestly comfortable life. From time to
> time, however, I have these urges... In my mind I create these
> elaborate plans but I don't act on them. I talk to my therapist and
> explain the things I think about and she has explained that sometimes
> the crime isn't always about the money, reward, drug or whatever
> people commit crime for, in some people (especially bipolar) it is
> about the RUSH they get in performing an act and/or getting away with
> it.
>
> I can say that I learned my lesson, but one should factor in the fact
> that some people commit crimes because of bad brain chemistry.
>


Based on my life experience that is the most common reason for
committing crimes, "the rush" or thrill. More recently perhaps in order
to support a drug habit may be first but otherwise it is the rush.
Nobody I have known with any serious criminal record was doing it to
obtain money to eat or survive. Personally I have created plans on how
to burglarize or rob places, but I have no urge to act upon them. Simply
being analytical about security systems and noticing vulnerabilities can
prompt one to concoct such a plan in their mind.