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To: Rarebird who wrote (4665)	11/12/2024 1:51:41 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 4940

Ah, that’s simple, no money no insurance no shots.Poor people die during recessions, that’s where they go. I mean Christianity helps, I can always go monk to a monastery, being blind and stuff, and Jesus Christ will take care of me. I was considering that career switch if I go fully blind. Losing weight will get rid of my diabetes. I am not that scared because I am a Christian. However, public alms overpowers anti woke in my vote. There can be public work projects like the Great Depression. I am a conflicted person closer to a conservative by my faith but a democrat by politics. I do agree with you on the DNC, the party has to have a long hard look at its practice of presidential nominees.

To: Rarebird who wrote (4665)	11/12/2024 2:59:00 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 4940

I explained. Vision loss is only a disability under very strict rules. Basically you lose your ability to work, read, and drive and the social security administration still considers you able to work because your BCVA is better than 20/200. BCVA of 20/70 is low vision when you lose your day only drivers license and ability to read. Trump’s policy is to make it much harder to qualify for disability. So, paying an attorney will be necessary. I prefer to stay on the able side working. It’s a lot more money and more fulfilling life, plus being blind really sucks in life. You are as good as blind and your life sucks like the life of a blind man at 20/70, but you can’t get SSDA income. As a bonus, the illness kicks in high gear when you lose insurance and treatment so you just go blind much faster. Once again, I do not want to be blind or disabled. Vision loss has stages, and the stages are so severe that you lose your ability to work long before you actually qualify as blind. Therefore, the donut, as my retina surgeon says, with support on the working side and on the disabled side but with no disability support for blindness or ability to do work in between, the empty space in the middle of the donut. For most people with age related macular degeneration vision loss kicks in after they are already old and over 65.