Coburn questions “adult babies” on SSI
I find it hard to believe that it takes an inquiry from a US Senator to get the Social Security Administration to take a look at subsidies to people who act like babies for a living. (Washington Times link)
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican and the Senate’s top waste-watcher, asked the agency’s inspector general to look into 30-year-old Stanley Thornton Jr. and his roommate, Sandra Dias, who acts as his “mother,” saying it’s not clear why they are collecting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits instead of working.
“Given that Mr. Thornton is able to determine what is appropriate attire and actions in public, drive himself to complete errands, design and custom-make baby furniture to support a 350-pound adult and run an Internet support group, it is possible that he has been improperly collecting disability benefits for a period of time,” Mr. Coburn wrote in a letter Monday to Inspector General Patrick P. O’Carroll Jr.
Yeah, but they have no problem taking money from veterans instead of cutting the metaphorical umbilical cord to these creeps. And oh, big baby Stanley responds to the Times;
In an email response to The Washington Times, Mr. Thornton threatened to kill himself if his Social Security payments are taken away, and said the television episode showing him doing woodwork oversold his abilities.
“You wanna test how damn serious I am about leaving this world, screw with my check that pays for this apartment and food. Try it. See how serious I am. I don’t care,” the California man said. “I have no problem killing myself. Take away the last thing keeping me here, and see what happens. Next time you see me on the news, it will be me in a body bag.”
Stanley, don’t talk, just do it…save the taxpayers the hassle of an IG investigation, cuz we don’t care either.
Less art, more substance.
If you don’t have a problem with it, Stanley, don’t talk about it, just do it.
Christ I hate drama queens.
Won’t anyone think of the creepy man-children?
Stanley, in your words, “See how serious I am. I don’t care” DO IT!!! Freaking moron …
just wrong on so many levels…
Rather than a SSI check, how bout we send him a 12 gauge with one round.
Hey, Stanley, instead of throwing the temper tantrum, just go ahead and do it.
I know you can receive SSI for being mentally disabled. I have a cousin on it. Yes, I know for a fact that he has some mental issues. He’s spent some time institutionalized after trying to kill himself. If you met him on the street, you would probably think he was just a normal guy. I have no doubt he would have problems holding down a regular job, and that’s what SSI is there for.
That being said, I don’t know if being a creepy man-baby qualifies as being disabled.
So, after looking at the pic accompanying the article, it would appear that Stanley’s and Sandra’s disability is being obese? That, and Stanley never got past the bottle-sucking stage?
Goes back to the failure of the medical world to rein in psychiatrists and psychologists who see everyone as composite of pain, psychosis, and money.
Can you imagine how rich the SOB is who diagnosed this… person?
@Gary… That is HORRIBLE!!!!!! There are two of them, and they are both the size of beef cattle…. they need at least 4 shells to off themselves…..
Take this slimy non hacking cocksuckers money and televise his suicide. Fine by me. It will keep him from possibly breeding, however unlikely that would be.
speaking as someone on the dole, for medical reasons and physically unable to handle many things but still hoping/looking for work… just do it.
I can commend someone who wants to build and sell furniture on the side, and I can understand how someone can do all that and be disabled, but I can’t understand acting like a child which his letter response show.
If you’re that unhappy, do it… in a productive fashion if you please. Go walk the streets until you come across a pimp or drug dealer and attack them with a knife. Go to wall street or wherever is an issue for you and self-immolate in protest. The welfare system does need reform and it is a catch-22 to try to strive for yourself and risk homelessness, but at some point you have to decide whether you want to be a kid forever or become an adult.