WHEN I READ THINGS LIKE THIS IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL, WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT NEED MONEY FROM THE SSI PROGRAM LIKE YOU AND YOUR EX GET SCREWED AROUND OR DENIED. I AM A BUILDING MANAGER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, ABOUT 80% OF THE APPLICANTS COLLECT SSI AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEGE THERE ON HOW THEY GET IT. FIRST THEY GO TO ONE OF THE LAWYERS THAT ADVERTISE IN THE COMMUNITY AS SOCIAL SECURITY SPECIALISTS, LAWYER SENDS THEM TO THERE DOCTOR TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH A CONDITION THAT CANT DISPROVED OR PROVED.( ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, FIBROMIALGA. ETC...). DOCTOR ESTIMATES HOW LONG THIS PERSON HAS HAD THIS CONDITION. LAWYER APPLIES FOR SSI BASED ON HOW LONG THIS PERSON HAS BEEN DISABLED. SSI PAYS A RETRO ACTIVE CHECK FOR THE TIME THAT THE DOCTOR ESTIMATES THIS PERSON HAS BEEN DISABLED. LAWYER TAKES THAT CHECK, THE PERSON GETS ABOUT $670 A MONTH THERE AFTER. ALSO EACH CHILD ALSO GETS A CHECK FOR BEING A CHILD OF A DISABLED PARENT BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED DISABLED. THIS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME BY MANY THAT APPLY FOR RENTAL. AND WE WONDER WHY THIS COUNTRY IS GOING BROKE, I AM STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A FOOL FOR WORKING. WELL IM DONE WITH MY RANT, TIME TO GO BACK TO WORK!!