(January 7, 2014 at 11:15 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: I've been living very high on the hog getting $732.00 from SSI.
http://www.maxiaids.com/store/prodIndex.asp
Europa folding cane $25.00 each (needs replacing every three months * I usually buy two at a time)
Hooked rolling bulldog tip for cane (needs replacing monthly* I usually buy three at a time sometimes four) $7.00 each
Talking alarm clock $60.00
Pending friend labeling system $140.00
Pen friend labels $40.00
Tel-Timer talking timer $15.00
Cool touch oven guards $20.00
Say When liquid level indicator
$10.00
Long oven mitts $20.00
Pocket Slate $10.00
Stylus $2.00
13 line Braille slate $30.00
Braille labeler $30.00
Magnetic Braille label tape $20.00
Braille label tape $15.00
Tactile dots $7.00
Tactile measuring cups $20.00
Daisy Victor Reader Stream $400.00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0090S8CDA...SY165_QL70
Detachable showerhead $35.00 (I need the shower head for my hydrocephalus I have issues with water pressure)
Talking watch $60.00
http://www.freedomscientific.com/product...t-page.asp
JAWS screen reader $2000.00
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/press/Kurzwei...dards.html
Kurzweil text translator $1000.00
PC $750.00
http://mobile.walmart.com/m/phoenix#ip/S...ype=search
SeaGate 3t hard drive (blind people are heavy data users) $110.00
iPhone 4S $245.00 ($60.00 by monthly bill * only accessible mobile for the blind and visually impaired)
(Note I have not included food, rent, bills, medication, doctors bills, clothing, toiletries, make up, feminine items, entertainment, books, school supplies,art supplies, or transportation costs, these are all simply items I need in every day life as a blind person)
Just some food for thought conservatives as u shout about race cards and reverse discrimination
Moocher! Save us, Ayn!
I jest, of course. I think that the very fact that the welfare system exists demonstrates that private charities would takeover should it be removed. Human beings are innately altruistic. We don't need to be coerced into it.
