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Red state workers could lose out on disability benefits as Trump admin rewrites eligibility rules (www.salon.com)
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That’s because the Trump administration is rewriting the disability eligibility rules, ostensibly to modernize the program, in ways that will make it even harder for aging blue-collar workers like Tincher to get benefits. Hundreds of thousands just like him would become ineligible for aid.

These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Trump’s most loyal supporters in red states. Most affected would be 50- to 60-year-olds without a high school or college education who have, for decades, toiled in physically grueling jobs, including coal mining, logging, and factory and construction work. The five states where the highest proportions of people rely on these benefits are West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama. Unlike New York, California and a few others, these states do not have their own disability insurance programs for workers to turn to amid federal cuts.

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[–] greygore@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In an ideal world, no one would be enduring the hardships he’s facing, especially not without the support of his community and his nation. I would happily support policies that would ensure people like him didn’t have to deal with everything that he’s had to, and would provide him a safety net when he’s going through it.

This man on the other hand is a “three-time Donald Trump voter”. This is what he voted for. Everyone who wasn’t getting all their news from conservative media knew that this exact kind of situation was going to happen when he got elected. He supported policies that hurt other people, whether or not he thought those policies would include himself.

Don’t feel too bad for him though, he managed to get in just before the cut off though. He feels bad that he can’t work any more, but hasn’t expressed any concern for people like him (or better yet, aren’t like him but need the same assistance). There are so many other more deserving of my sympathy, especially when he got his before the door closed on the person behind him, and especially people that didn’t vote for this.

As far as Jews in Nazi Germany… if they supported the Nazi rise to power, they’re not going to get a bunch of sympathy from me either. If you helped bring about suffering, I’m not going to burn myself out feeling bad for those that found out the hard way they were one of the undesirables.