[lbo-talk] The Right Not to Work: Power and Disability

[Marta Russell]

Sunny is a young woman who probably can live off what she gets from 
SSI now.  However, I don't think she will have this same POV in 
another 20 years of living in abject poverty. SSI income is below 
poverty, it varies from state to state, some states more punitive 
than others.  It certainly is not a dignified life.  The only people 
I know who do OK on SSI are people whose families will house them.

Marta


>
>I have a confession to make: I do not work. I am on SSI.1 I have 
>very little work value (if any), and I am a drain on our country's 
>welfare system. I have another confession to make: I do not think 
>this is wrong, and to be honest, I am very happy not working. 
>Instead I spend the majority of my time doing the activity I find 
>the most rewarding and valuable, painting.

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Marta Russell
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.martarussell.com/