ABC: In his application for disability benefits, John Caltabiano claimed he couldn’t drive, cook for himself, exercise at the gym, move around his house or even shave without help.
The New York man, 49, said he had lost his sight in a workplace accident at a cement company in 2006 and, since then, he bumps into things and hurts himself at home.
“I sit in the dark and listen to TV,” he wrote in his application.
On the date of his disability hearing in Hudson, New York, last fall, Caltabiano had his girlfriend lead him into the building.
But what he didn’t know was just a few days prior, investigators had caught Caltabiano on video appearing to be –
Now I know why the buttons are also in Braille at the drive-up ATM!
Most SSI “disability” claims are for “anxiety disorder”. The average new recipient of SSI disability is 28 years old and has paid into Social Security for less than 12-quarters over their lifetime.
Go to your local Social Security office and you’ll see these apparently able-bodied slugs waiting for their application appointments. Sadly, some 80% are approved.
Faced with work or starve, that anxiety disorder would probably clear up on its own!
Cloward-Piven, in action!!!
work finds everyone
whether defrauding others for money or collecting cans while homeless, it takes work and it’s easier to just get a legitimate job
there is no free ride
I would think you would have to see a doctor at least one time.
This is why I take strong precautions of making friends with just about everyone I ever meet. 90% of them are assholes who will try to take full advantage of you.
What if I identify as a deaf, dumb, blind, African American, transgender?
Pay up bitches!
I’m sick of working every day every day. Can I get me some of that free money? I promise to vote Democrat.
An investigator for SSI must be worked like a rented mule. The government needs to send some of these guys to long stretches in prison and publicize them like the high profile, IRS cases. Same thing with MediCare fraud which is estimated at $90 Billion a year!!
the only reason the justice dept looked into this is because the guy was white