SSI provides perhaps the best example of what happens when the Federal Government provides cash and asks for nothing in return. Over the last 2 years. we have investigated abuses in the program. We have discovered that many drug addicts and alcoholics are using the cash payments to subsidize their addictions. that children are being coached by their parents to fake a disability. and that new immigrants are being coached to fake disabilities to qualify for benefits. DolePackwood would reform the SSI Program without denying benefits to those who truly need them. The bill would no longer treat drug addiction and alcoholism as disabilities or purposes of qualifying for SSI. Noncitizens would only be eligible after working and paying taxes for 5 years. And only children who were diagnosed with a real disability. rather than being said to behave inappropriately for their age level. would qualify for benefits. Mr.
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New immigrants are being coached to fake disabilities to qualify for benefits.