This video is thoroughly enjoyable. I had to stop it to read all the annotations because that is more than half of the message in some ways.
It is shocking to most people, but I would say that when it comes to welfare outside of health care, the US is probably the most covered and lax place now. In Canada, I have been really shocked at the lack of subsidized housing. In British Columbia, unless it is an extreme case, your "food stamps" come in the form of a tax rebate of about $150...
@SunShine8308 every three months. Provincial health care is around $50, but if you earn under $20,000 per year and for a year, citizens and permanent residents can have this fee removed. The housing - they have dumpy slum hotels where anything could be stolen from you which are private enterprises that must have some graft with the provincial government. In Kansas, people with children, declared disability, or who are seniors are fairly well provided for.
@SunShine8308 My mother in Ohio gets unbelievably good services and benefits. She has stubbornly stayed in a two bedroom subsidized apartment she cannot even afford and berates me for not paying her 830 dollar per month parking and rent! My brother cannot get her to move to a smaller, cheaper place in the same complex. My parents never even needed two bedrooms! I dunno who let them have that! Good info, nice to hear from you.
@SunShine8308 Yeah, I annotated away here. Thanks for taking the time to read! I've had complaints my annotations go by too quickly, but people can pause the videos. I also put a lot of effort, usually, into lowbar descriptions. Since people tend to not read them, I've found, I run the annotations by quickly.
"a lot of people are there and they just shouldn't be there" Truest phrase ever and applies to EVERYWHERE! About your food stamp thing in the 70s I have heard and experienced not getting FS when they have property taxes, housing, utilities, food, tuition and so forth - getting denied coz they made 104 bucks too much - sickening!
@TheSheChef I earned 127 dollars per week in Manhattan, where I lived in a rented space in a buggy loft, and was considered too well off to qualify. Oddly, some time later when I shared an apartment with this slacker guy, we suddenly qualified "as a household" and we were not even involved! So we just got the stamps once, fed everyone we knew, and I said forget all this! I lived in the former room of Patty Hearst, BTW. Also Nico! We kept finding hidden microphones.
@riseingstardust They string you along hoping you'll die or get discouraged. I finally qualified for something in France but they have held up the payments for a year now -- keep asking me to send photocopies, write letters, which I do, then a few months later they ask again for slightly different stuff. I will never see a penny. I am bleeding again and don't expect to live much longer. They've won.
Did you hire an attorney to get your SS I didn't bother trying on my own I know you are going to have to get one anyway so get one from the start. I am with you pro lifers will step over homeless people to get to an anti abortion rally. Some people should not be parents but they are. My mother should never had had kids she was IMHO a terrible parent she was selfish negligent taught one way then did the opposite. She had too much pride to accept food stamps but would steal our money we earned?
@cdltpx My family in the States was equally screwed up. I had no idea I needed an attorney to get disability in the States. By the time I found out about this, too much time had gone by and no one would take me on. They admit they owe me a huge chunk in back benefits and a stipend, but they have lost my dossier three times. No doctor in France will fill out a form in English, and it is illegal for them to fill out any forms at all, in fact. French law.
@slobomotion I would contact the attorney first you can call them from where you are I think the ones that advertize hard in USA are Binder and Binder you usually file with a certain state if you already filed you might have years of back pay coming to you. Contact the attorney take it step by step once you put all the pieces together you may have what you paid for.212.605.0343.or917.903.8493
@cdltpx I am fairly certain that's who I spoke to! The problem is, I have been over here for 17 years or more and they only consider your SS income for the past ten years. I fill out a tax form yearly for the US but have earned so little, I did not owe any SS tax payments, nor could I even make any as a token gesture. I await new forms so I can start the dang process over again. I responded to a letter a few months ago but have nothing yet. I am down for the count.
I enjoyed the morning read Lisa-- It sounds like a rigged system wherever one goes---that last part about the euro if the spouse makes one euro more--they dont qualify---the government knows right where to set that cutoff at probably to exclude the most amount of people
@riseingstardust I kept getting turned down for food stamps in the USA because I earned about 10 dollars a week too much. This dates back to the '70s, in Ohio and New York. I have been medically malnourished several times in my life. I lived on a five dollar per day budget in NYC my first two years there. That included subway fares, food, toiletries, meds, everything. They set the poverty level extremely low.
I think this is the first time I've heard you mention getting out of your relationship. For some reason, I thought you were simply resigned to the idea of putting up with his bullshit. I'm happy to hear you're at least contemplating a different scenario. I'm doing a lot of the same. Alas, Christmas Eve is nearly upon us and I've got a lot of stuff left to do in the kitchen. I hope the new year is better to both us! Merry Xmas.
@PennyDreadfuI I've been on the record since 2002 as saying I have an abusive spouse. I've only been on YouTube for two years and have been fairly direct about it, but haven't made it the focus except for the Bruce David Thorpe issue and the loss of my children. France declared my life in danger since 2008. Beyond that, nothing really has been done to help me and Bruce ran off and I lost a great apartment and my twins. I even found him a job here.
@PennyDreadfuI He has totally sabotaged Christmas. He also does this to our vacations, our anniversary, my birthday, you name it. I set out a sushi dinner for him last night and he wouldn't come out of his room. It's ruined, now. He was mad because I wasn't ready at 12:30, was too tired from cooking lunch, to go see an old movie in Paris. I suggested the next showing and he took to his room.
@slobomotion That sounds like a maturity issue as much as any mental impairment... I have a soft spot for those with neurological and psychological disorders and cut those types a lot of slack; however, when it's paired with childish behavior, I draw the line. If you're bored, pull up some old Fanny Cradock Christmas cooking episodes! The camp always makes me feel a little better.
@PennyDreadfuI The psychologist I've been seeing for nearly 15 years now says his stupid behavior is classic jealousy. I tried to talk to his family, even about this -- big mistake. I agree -- a lot of people out there actually have developmental disabilities. As long as they are not evil they need to be cut slack. Born that way!
What made you move to France?
cgillyard 1 month ago
@cgillyard Couldn't get healthcare in the USA, had abusive men after me, wanted real culture and good quality of life.
slobomotion 1 month ago
This video is thoroughly enjoyable. I had to stop it to read all the annotations because that is more than half of the message in some ways.
It is shocking to most people, but I would say that when it comes to welfare outside of health care, the US is probably the most covered and lax place now. In Canada, I have been really shocked at the lack of subsidized housing. In British Columbia, unless it is an extreme case, your "food stamps" come in the form of a tax rebate of about $150...
SunShine8308 2 months ago
@SunShine8308 every three months. Provincial health care is around $50, but if you earn under $20,000 per year and for a year, citizens and permanent residents can have this fee removed. The housing - they have dumpy slum hotels where anything could be stolen from you which are private enterprises that must have some graft with the provincial government. In Kansas, people with children, declared disability, or who are seniors are fairly well provided for.
SunShine8308 2 months ago
@SunShine8308 My mother in Ohio gets unbelievably good services and benefits. She has stubbornly stayed in a two bedroom subsidized apartment she cannot even afford and berates me for not paying her 830 dollar per month parking and rent! My brother cannot get her to move to a smaller, cheaper place in the same complex. My parents never even needed two bedrooms! I dunno who let them have that! Good info, nice to hear from you.
slobomotion 2 months ago
@SunShine8308 Yeah, I annotated away here. Thanks for taking the time to read! I've had complaints my annotations go by too quickly, but people can pause the videos. I also put a lot of effort, usually, into lowbar descriptions. Since people tend to not read them, I've found, I run the annotations by quickly.
slobomotion 2 months ago
"a lot of people are there and they just shouldn't be there" Truest phrase ever and applies to EVERYWHERE! About your food stamp thing in the 70s I have heard and experienced not getting FS when they have property taxes, housing, utilities, food, tuition and so forth - getting denied coz they made 104 bucks too much - sickening!
TheSheChef 2 months ago
@TheSheChef I earned 127 dollars per week in Manhattan, where I lived in a rented space in a buggy loft, and was considered too well off to qualify. Oddly, some time later when I shared an apartment with this slacker guy, we suddenly qualified "as a household" and we were not even involved! So we just got the stamps once, fed everyone we knew, and I said forget all this! I lived in the former room of Patty Hearst, BTW. Also Nico! We kept finding hidden microphones.
slobomotion 2 months ago
Trust me they know how to keep down and out and under control---probably made a science out of it
riseingstardust 2 months ago
@riseingstardust They string you along hoping you'll die or get discouraged. I finally qualified for something in France but they have held up the payments for a year now -- keep asking me to send photocopies, write letters, which I do, then a few months later they ask again for slightly different stuff. I will never see a penny. I am bleeding again and don't expect to live much longer. They've won.
slobomotion 2 months ago
Did you hire an attorney to get your SS I didn't bother trying on my own I know you are going to have to get one anyway so get one from the start. I am with you pro lifers will step over homeless people to get to an anti abortion rally. Some people should not be parents but they are. My mother should never had had kids she was IMHO a terrible parent she was selfish negligent taught one way then did the opposite. She had too much pride to accept food stamps but would steal our money we earned?
cdltpx 2 months ago
@cdltpx My family in the States was equally screwed up. I had no idea I needed an attorney to get disability in the States. By the time I found out about this, too much time had gone by and no one would take me on. They admit they owe me a huge chunk in back benefits and a stipend, but they have lost my dossier three times. No doctor in France will fill out a form in English, and it is illegal for them to fill out any forms at all, in fact. French law.
slobomotion 2 months ago
@slobomotion I would contact the attorney first you can call them from where you are I think the ones that advertize hard in USA are Binder and Binder you usually file with a certain state if you already filed you might have years of back pay coming to you. Contact the attorney take it step by step once you put all the pieces together you may have what you paid for.212.605.0343.or917.903.8493
cdltpx 1 month ago
@cdltpx I am fairly certain that's who I spoke to! The problem is, I have been over here for 17 years or more and they only consider your SS income for the past ten years. I fill out a tax form yearly for the US but have earned so little, I did not owe any SS tax payments, nor could I even make any as a token gesture. I await new forms so I can start the dang process over again. I responded to a letter a few months ago but have nothing yet. I am down for the count.
slobomotion 1 month ago
I enjoyed the morning read Lisa-- It sounds like a rigged system wherever one goes---that last part about the euro if the spouse makes one euro more--they dont qualify---the government knows right where to set that cutoff at probably to exclude the most amount of people
riseingstardust 2 months ago
@riseingstardust I kept getting turned down for food stamps in the USA because I earned about 10 dollars a week too much. This dates back to the '70s, in Ohio and New York. I have been medically malnourished several times in my life. I lived on a five dollar per day budget in NYC my first two years there. That included subway fares, food, toiletries, meds, everything. They set the poverty level extremely low.
CuteCatFaith 2 months ago
I think this is the first time I've heard you mention getting out of your relationship. For some reason, I thought you were simply resigned to the idea of putting up with his bullshit. I'm happy to hear you're at least contemplating a different scenario. I'm doing a lot of the same. Alas, Christmas Eve is nearly upon us and I've got a lot of stuff left to do in the kitchen. I hope the new year is better to both us! Merry Xmas.
PennyDreadfuI 2 months ago
@PennyDreadfuI I've been on the record since 2002 as saying I have an abusive spouse. I've only been on YouTube for two years and have been fairly direct about it, but haven't made it the focus except for the Bruce David Thorpe issue and the loss of my children. France declared my life in danger since 2008. Beyond that, nothing really has been done to help me and Bruce ran off and I lost a great apartment and my twins. I even found him a job here.
CuteCatFaith 2 months ago
@PennyDreadfuI He has totally sabotaged Christmas. He also does this to our vacations, our anniversary, my birthday, you name it. I set out a sushi dinner for him last night and he wouldn't come out of his room. It's ruined, now. He was mad because I wasn't ready at 12:30, was too tired from cooking lunch, to go see an old movie in Paris. I suggested the next showing and he took to his room.
slobomotion 2 months ago
@slobomotion That sounds like a maturity issue as much as any mental impairment... I have a soft spot for those with neurological and psychological disorders and cut those types a lot of slack; however, when it's paired with childish behavior, I draw the line. If you're bored, pull up some old Fanny Cradock Christmas cooking episodes! The camp always makes me feel a little better.
PennyDreadfuI 2 months ago
@PennyDreadfuI The psychologist I've been seeing for nearly 15 years now says his stupid behavior is classic jealousy. I tried to talk to his family, even about this -- big mistake. I agree -- a lot of people out there actually have developmental disabilities. As long as they are not evil they need to be cut slack. Born that way!
slobomotion 1 month ago