The Strangest Job I ever Had (1)

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After I retired a few years back, it seemed as if I had too much time on my hands. I checked out Craig’s list and besides hard labor things & retail there was not much, but soon I saw something that looked strange and interesting. We have something in the US called Social Security. When you start work, you must get a Social Security card and then pay into a fund all your working life. When you retire, you start getting paid monthly, the amount depending on how much you contributed. I don’t want to get into the times when you can retire for full or partial benefits here, since this is about a different matter. If you are injured or disabled in some way and unable to work or can only work part-time, you may apply for Social Security payments at any adult age. (About 8.2 million people receive those benefits). More people apply by far though. When you do apply, you can hire a lawyer who specializes in this work and he fills out all the paperwork and represents you in a hearing before what they call a judge (not a real judge though). You don’t have to have a “real” lawyer either. That’s where I came in. Getting too long here so, to be continued.