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A safety net’s poverty trap

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:34:48
Publish Date: 2024-03-27 10:01:00
Description:

What if you weren’t allowed to have more than $2,000 at any given time? Could you make it work? For people who receive Supplemental Security Income, this isn’t a what-if — it’s reality. SSI beneficiaries are subject to strict requirements and risk losing their benefits if they have more than $2,000 in financial assets, even if they exceed that by just a dollar. Why is the limit so low, and is anything being done to fix it? That’s today on The Weeds.


Read More:

Tyler (@tylerlimaroope) | TikTok

The Case for Updating SSI Asset Limits | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

  


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Credits:

Jonquilyn Hill, host

Sofi LaLonde, producer

Cristian Ayala, engineer

A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts


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