I am thankful that I have never had to go on SSI. To me it does not seem like the easy way out at all. It really means being stuck living on a subsistence income. I can not see why anybody would choose it as a preference. I have a couple of friends at church who are on SSI due to injuries and it is no picnic.

I believe that getting a job and doing meaningful work is far preferable. I suppose there are some people who may play the system, those that do make it really hard for those who have to be there and contributes even more to already low self esteem