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The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles
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I'm surprised the SSA don't have an option to mark you as permanently disabled. We have that in the VA system. It's not like someone's blown off leg is going to regrow.
Cause then someone might be able to abuse the system and get free money! We can't have people living on free money below the poverty line. We have to put barriers into place to both dehumanize people and "prevent widespread fraud".
Similar thing in my country, gotta prove your disability every year. I've been putting off redoing the paperwork got my ADHD for like a year. I don't even necessarily want the tiny bit of money they'd pay me, I just want the tiny tax break on the payroll taxes for the employer (which is me).
But yes, even if you have a missing limb, you need to fill out 10 pages of forms annually.
Especially if you have a missing limb.
That's not even the dumbest thing they do. The SSA shuts their website down outside of business hours.
What the fuck...? As someone with a circadian rhythm disorder I didn't know things could get any more fucking bleak. Parks, libraries, stores, doctors are all closed, but fucking WEBSITES?? Christ.
Because otherwise the employees would have to stay up all night turning the Internet crank!