Marriage Penalty
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Uploaded by DisabilityRightsMT on Dec 11, 2008
We are asking for your help in changing the Social Security provisions that apply to SSI recipients who want to marry. Like most Americans, many people with disabilities fall in love and wish to get married. However, many people on SSI do not get married because of the Social Security provisions that reduce their monthly benefits. It is called the Marriage Penalty.
Since the Marriage Penalty Video was recorded, SSI amounts have been increased. Now many people with disabilities live on a $674 per month federal SSI benefit, which is below the poverty level. When two people with disabilities of the opposite sex get married or hold themselves out to be married, their combined benefit as a couple drops to $1011. That means they lose $337 for getting married or living like they are married.
It is hard for one person with a disability to live on $674 per month. It is even harder for two people to live on $1011. The $337 they are penalized for falling in love and being together makes the difference in whether they pay their utilities or buy their medication for the month. It is often not enough to do both.
As our representatives in Congress, we would like you to consider our request and help change the Social Security provisions that make it difficult for people with disabilities to enjoy one of the most fundamental rights of their humanity - the sharing of love openly.
Thank you for all that you do for the citizens of Montana and for people with disabilities.
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