100% Tax on people with DD

Governor Christie supports a 100% tax on the social security earnings of people with developmental disabilities. Now you'll be happy to know that it's not really a tax but a cost of care fee. Now if you're a person receiving services what choice do you have in services? Can you decide to opt out of services and be homeless? Nope. Can you choose where you want to live and with whom. Not for the most part you can't. Not to mention that you've been in the system for ages and now they just decide to change the rules. So Governor Christie doesn't support any new taxes, unless you have a developmental disability. In case you were wondering of course they also take 25% of people's work earnings as well. I'm not talking about payroll tax, I'm talking about cost of care again. So not only do people with DD pay payroll taxes on top of that they have to give 25% of their earnings back to the state. What an incentive to work. Of course most people with DD don't vote and that's somewhat our fault as well.

Now in the real world what not having money means that for those affected now their staff are going to have a bunch of angry people on their hands when they don't have money to purchase something. This enforced policy of poverty for people with DD adds to their stress their shorter life expectancy. Do you know that when people with DD receive a windfall from family or wherever it ends up being a nightmare not a blessing. Archaic social security rules don't let people save money beyond $2000. So if in anyway you wanted to stand on your own 2 feet you'd never be able to save up to do it. You can't save, invest, no cars, no houses in your own name. Thanks to Governor Christie though we'll never have to worry about going over $2000 again. Thanks Chris.