To the attention of:
Barack Obama, US President;
Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan;
US Senators from Michigan: Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow;
US Representatives from Michigan: Candice S. Miller, Dale E. Kildee, Dan Benishek, Dave Camp, Fred Upton, Gary C. Peters, Hansen Clarke, John Conyers Jr., John D. Dingell, Justin Amash, Mark H. Schauer, Mike Rogers, Peter Hoekstra, Sander M. Levin, Thaddeus G. McCotter;
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To Whom it may concern:
I want to thank President Obama for the 2012 increase to Social Security. I have been disabled since 2005 due to a condition which affects all of the collegen in my body. It is called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I have frequant joint dislocations and severe nerve damage throughout my body since collegen is in everything including bones, teeth, skin, muscles and so on.
I have worked as many as three jobs at a time to raise my daughter and my husband of 8 years who also raised his son alone did the same. When my condition worsed he picked up the pace to take care of all of us and his depression worsened. He suffered a few heart attacks and just recently at 45 had a double bipass. Obviously he is unable to work now as well. Prior to losing our home a few years ago we had a fire in the garage and he lost all of his tools which is devistating for a machanic. This too added to his depression.
I was excited to hear that we would be getting an increase because we are both living off of my Soc. Sec. Disability payments. I want you to know that the State of Michigan has taken them away from me because my income is a bit higher so they are no longer helping me pay for my Medicare premiums. In all I am now getting close to $75 less each month.
My rent is $600 per month, both of our phones are about $80 per month, My car and rental insurance is $$90 per month, and I am falling behind on rent, utilities, medical bills and everything in between. We worked hard the first part of our lives thinking that we would be taken care of if we got sick and now we are slapped in the face by our governent that should be helping us. We don't need extras. we live without cable, internet, and going out for date nights. Heck we can't even afford to rent a movie for the night.
Like others our teeth are in bad shape, i have doctors that will no longer see me because i owe them money and i cant afford to havet the surgery on my feet that I desperately need. Who is going to help us?
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