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If you are American, PLEASE SUPPORT THE SSI RESTORATION ACT OF 2021

This new bill has been introduced in both the house and the Senate.

Among other things, it will:

Raise the monthly disability income by just over 30 percent - bringing it to poverty level.

Remove penalties for recieving financial help from friends and family.

Increase the amount of assets a disabled person may have from $2,000 to $10,000 (this hasn't been updated since 1989)

Update outside income restrictions to allow disabled people to receive up to $399 a month without reducing their benefits.

REWARD, not penalize, people who want to receive additional income while on social security income.

REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT THIS WILL REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN

For those unaware current regulations do a lot to oppress disabled people. In fact marriage equality doesn't even extend to disbled people who risk having their benefits reduced or outright taken away if they marry someone. This means that in common law states disabled people can't even live with their significant other or they risk losing their financial independence.

Current regulations mean that if you're disbled you can't have so much as one penny over $2,000 to your name. So buying a car and gaining more independence or freedom is largely out of the question for disabled people.

Current regulations penalize social security recipients who receive income from outside sources, even if those sources are reimbursement. Did you get paid to babysit for a few hours? That's income, and you get your benefits reduced. Did you loan a friend $10 and they pay you back? The government considers that $10 income, and you get your benefits reduced.

These aren't mere anecdotes - these are all examples of actual things that have happened to disbled people I know, and if you have any disabled friends in your life I'm sure they can tell you the same stories.

If you value marriage equality, if you value financial independence, if you value the rights of disbled people, please PLEASE support this bill! Contact your reps, vote, and make noise! This is a great thing!

pink in the night

Duckie made a new creature friend!

They besties now 😤

And groovy Duckie for the heck of it

HEY TUMBLR WHAT’S WITH THIS HMMM

Kismet, my beloved 💍

The married couple, Fang and Uraeus! They met through a one night stand and Fang may or may not be expecting, but their relationship is going really well!

ouysgsaiaohgffghh my husband 😔💖

shout out to all the self shippers who hate where they are. they just want to go but they can't. so they create their own world, with their f/os who love them, where they can feel comfortable and happy, in a home they don't have. i'm rooting for all of us

What happened in Berlin was so scary to me. It rlly showed how far the right wing is willing to go.

People of color and ppl who aren't ethnically German(like me, I'm half turkish and half Kurdish) are scared to go outside.

And the media is definitely trying to cover this up, please educate yourself on what's happening in Europe- especially about what just happened in Germany.

Ppl rlly forget what happened just 80yrs ago.

And sure "lEfT wInG iS wOrSe tHaN rIghT wINg" literally shut the fuck up

I am fucking scared to go outside.