A year ago
A post is fast gaining attention on the micro-blogging platform Twitter, a user identified as @ksdotlewis shared how we cousin got into a city bus, started acting crazy, and ended up of her being sent to the psychiatric hospital for evaluation for a week, going forward, she added that there is absolutely nothing wrong with her cousin and she only played smart and now she's on a fully funded government assistance including an apartment with zero rent and a disability check.
“My cousin decided to get on the city bus and start acting crazy. They sent her to the psychiatric facility for the week and now she’s on full funded govt assistance including an apartment w/zero rent, EBT, and a disability check. She’s completely sane btw“.
Her narration quickly went viral and sparked a whole lot of conversation, users didn't hesitate to take to the comments section to add their one cent to the conversation, a few of the comments gathered from the post are highlighted below;
@WeirdHonie •
“Joking about stuff like this seems harmless but it only perpetuates the myth that benefits are easy to get and people game the system. Anyone who has had experience with this process will tell you this is far from the truth”.
@NaniCool
“There are years-long wait lists for housing assistance.
EBT cards can hold both cash assistance and Snap, but people without children don't qualify for cash assistance and SNAP benefits for one person maxes out at $200 a month, and that's with NO income. Disability benefits are barely if at all a livable income.
And with a lot of these programs getting one will disqualify you from, or lower the amount you receive from another. So that timeline of events the OP gave doesn't add up. The math ain't mathing. 1 know y'all like to THINK welfare is easy money but it isn't”.
@swthoseok
“This tweet and the replies are so fucking ableist, I'm gonna need you guys to have a reality check. People w disabilities have to go through so many obstacles to get government assistance and benefits. Just because YOU think she's mentally healthy doesn't mean she is taking me 7 months to try to get disability benefits for me to get denied. Be fucking fr”.
@bigLEOlena
u can't get on disability in this country without a mountain of proof. the system is built to weed out ppl who fake to the point of even weeding out those who are telling the truth. ur, cousin failed her psych evals be she has a disability not be she faked it. thank u.
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