I grew up on the other side of the tracks and it was common knowledge even to me over a decade ago. Quite a few of my friend who barely graduated school knew where they were headed in their future.
If you're a guy you practically don't qualify for any aid, period. So with no future prospectes you get a job doing intense manual labor; roofing and warehouse were particularly popular. Do that for a year then "develop"[1] a back problem. File for workman's comp. Now your unemployed so you get UI as well. The UI money eventually runs out so you file for disability, bring your workman's comp dossier as evidence.
I first started hearing about this in 2001 from some colleagues working in factory. They were actually looking forward to being injured. A lot of them were real schemers, too. So one of them told me that Clinton fucked them by changing the welfare laws. He put in a hard limit of 5 years and made it difficult to qualify. They took no joy in the factory but took the work serious because they needed at least 6 months to qualify for UI and workman's comp can be denied if you don't do follow procedures (ex. breaking your back by following off scaffolding and not wearing a harness or being clipped in).
I have friends who are coming back from both wars and they are really fucked up, physically and emotionally. I can't imagine if there numbers fall under SS disabilities or VA disabilities.
I grew up on the other side of the tracks and it was common knowledge even to me over a decade ago. Quite a few of my friend who barely graduated school knew where they were headed in their future.
If you're a guy you practically don't qualify for any aid, period. So with no future prospectes you get a job doing intense manual labor; roofing and warehouse were particularly popular. Do that for a year then "develop"[1] a back problem. File for workman's comp. Now your unemployed so you get UI as well. The UI money eventually runs out so you file for disability, bring your workman's comp dossier as evidence.
I first started hearing about this in 2001 from some colleagues working in factory. They were actually looking forward to being injured. A lot of them were real schemers, too. So one of them told me that Clinton fucked them by changing the welfare laws. He put in a hard limit of 5 years and made it difficult to qualify. They took no joy in the factory but took the work serious because they needed at least 6 months to qualify for UI and workman's comp can be denied if you don't do follow procedures (ex. breaking your back by following off scaffolding and not wearing a harness or being clipped in).
I have friends who are coming back from both wars and they are really fucked up, physically and emotionally. I can't imagine if there numbers fall under SS disabilities or VA disabilities.