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Ayesha Roscoe

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

I'm sure his ex-wife is lovely, but, you know, you may not want to spend your vacation with her. You know what I'm saying? You have to work that out with her. So, I mean, that's a really wild story.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

Yeah, yeah.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

Yeah, yeah.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

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Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

So, I mean, it just seems like these stories, these people are really struggling and really need this money. And they're getting held up over these kind of technicalities, it almost sounds like.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

So, I mean, it just seems like these stories, these people are really struggling and really need this money. And they're getting held up over these kind of technicalities, it almost sounds like.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

So, I mean, it just seems like these stories, these people are really struggling and really need this money. And they're getting held up over these kind of technicalities, it almost sounds like.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

Yeah, yeah. I love that.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

Yeah, yeah. I love that.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

Yeah, yeah. I love that.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

She now owed $20,385.85, to be exact. Because Social Security was counting all the SSI checks, the several hundred dollars a month they had sent to her, in the two years that she'd been over the limit.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

She now owed $20,385.85, to be exact. Because Social Security was counting all the SSI checks, the several hundred dollars a month they had sent to her, in the two years that she'd been over the limit.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

She now owed $20,385.85, to be exact. Because Social Security was counting all the SSI checks, the several hundred dollars a month they had sent to her, in the two years that she'd been over the limit.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

And I mean, a lot of people ain't going to have $20,000. A lot of people are not going to have $20,000 in 30 days.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

And I mean, a lot of people ain't going to have $20,000. A lot of people are not going to have $20,000 in 30 days.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

And I mean, a lot of people ain't going to have $20,000. A lot of people are not going to have $20,000 in 30 days.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

How can you even get a receipt for something like that? I mean, that just seems so extreme.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

How can you even get a receipt for something like that? I mean, that just seems so extreme.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

How can you even get a receipt for something like that? I mean, that just seems so extreme.

Up First from NPR
Trapped in a Social Safety Net

You know, it seems like for a lot of this, the obvious solution would be to just raise the asset limit because it hasn't changed since 1989. And there has been all of this inflation. Why is it stuck at two thousand dollars and who can change it?