Republican Governor of Maine, Paul Lepage, is spearheading the latest assault on the victims of the 2008 toxic mortgage meltdown, more commonly known as the depression. You see Lepage wants the 100 million unemployed to get off their lazy asses and get a job, and to help them do so he wants to end unemployment benefits, food stamps, and SSI.
In attacking those on Social Security Supplemental Insurance, he indicated that many long term unemployed were seeking out this benefit rather than going back to work. The standard for receiving SSI says a person must be debilitated to the extent that he or she cannot be employed in his or her field in the current job market.
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