I am 61. I am disabled. The Social Security Administration did their tests and agree that I am disabled.
BUT
We make $300 or so over the minimum. So, we get a big ole FU from Uncle Sam. (Those programs won't be around much longer anyway.)
We did SNAP until we were removed some years ago. They are still saying that we have used up our time for receiving it. It seems there is a three year limit on the program. At least it was for us. So, no SNAP, I guess. (This will also be gone before too long.)
I have tried to speak to a few of these 'senior advocate' agencies as well as other agencies who mention help for seniors. They never seem to offer the help I need to navigate the insane bureaucracy of trying to get governmental aid. They offer plenty of services, but they are for people who need someone to help with care. I am not there. Yet.
There are no assets to worry about. I own nothing that has any value to this society. If one were to liquidate my entire estate, one might end up with $400. My 'assets' are my work and my song catalog. No one wants anything to do with any of it. So, I have no value. At all. My only value to this society is as a warm body to put in some position that will make someone else richer while I hasten my demise from working more than my body will allow. My experience, my knowledge, my abilities... no one cares because they are not considered 'profitable' unless they are turned to being used, firstly, for profit. I don't care about any of that. AT all. Which is why I am shunned by our society because I am not 'hungry' enough for their taste.
The desire to allow people like me to die slowly from things that might have been 'fixable' even as others wallow in decadence and greed while making sure that bureaucracy keeps people like me away from any help, yet punishing anyone who tries to remove themselves from such a failed situation, is one that I cannot understand at all.
But, it is there. I experience it every single day.
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