getting a long on little, despite excellent budgeting

[Guest guest]

I still think the average ssdi, ssa, or ssi and or combination with insurance

of between $330.00 per month and $805 per month national

average means that the average disabled single adult with chronic ill

ness, even if a genius budgeter, cannot afford to buy food. especially

in the all but two states which require share-of-cost and co-pays is far

less than anyone in the other industrialized countries puts up with.

I also know from professional experience that the mentally ill often go

undiagnosed, do not get disability and live on under $50.00 a month--

and we wonder why they are on the street?

Someone else began this train of thought and I think that there are a

variety of circumstances that are liveable with, but I do know many with

cf who live alone (not me) who cannot afford to buy much food and are

having medical complications as a result. And, to add to all the cheer,

all to many have died because of this. I am lucky; relatives, friends,

nearby cousins would never let me starve or go without the basic needs

unmet, but for many, especially in the mid-west, it is pathetic.

Besides, I am just too old to run for Congress, although apparently not

too old to run for President!

Cheers!

n Rojas