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From: pcwedel@gate.net (P.C.W.)
Subject: URGENT: A family is in dire need..........
Date: 1996/06/01
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URGENT: A family is in dire need.......... 
 
It troubles me greatly to be placed in this 
position, but none the less I have no choice 
in the matter. The lives of two young children 
are more important, than an one's pride. 
 
These two beautiful children have so much to 
live for, they are exceptionally smart and 
very well behaved for 5 and 7 year olds, and 
they are both in the best of health. Their 
father on the other hand has been disabled for 
the past three years with a degenerative brain 
disorder, that has gradually robbed him of the 
ability to function in the work place. 
 
His needs are many, but his resources have 
been depleted. Social Security denies him 
disability benefits as a matter of routine, 
while at the same time saying it can take  
as much as four to five years to get the 
benefits that he, and his family are entitled 
to. And then they tell you once you are 
granted your disability it will be 
retroactive. And you will get all of the back 
benefits.. 
 
The real untold truth is Social Security will 
rarely grant a disability with out a court 
order. And that requires the services of an 
attorney that specializes in disability 
claims. 
 
This is where the pathetic "Catch 22" rules 
come into play. If you had the resources to 
hire an attorney and take Social Security to 
court the first year that you have become 
disabled. You would not qualify because your 
net worth was too high. If you wait until all 
of your resources have been depleted, your 
only option for legale representation is an 
attorney that would take your case on a 
contingency (that's legalese for a percentage 
of your settlement, which usually runs between 
33 and 40%). Even if you find one of these 
attorneys that will take on your case the 
first year of your claim process it will take 
four years to get a hearing. If you find your 
attorney four years after your initial claim, 
some how it will find its way on to the courts 
schedule that year. Do you think that perhaps 
the value of the settlement would have 
anything to do with when a case can be 
settled. 
 
This appalling practice has left our family in 
the most difficult of situations, Florida 
welfare cannot help us, because the father is 
still part of the household; to alter this 
situation is out of the question the children 
need their father too. This is why I must 
endure the pain and humiliation, and publicly 
plead for your assistance. Facing eviction 
from our home is the least of our problems, 
the most urgent is putting food on the table 
for the children. If you can find it in you 
heart to share a small amount money with a 
desperate family in dire need. Please send any 
help that you can to the only secure address 
that we may have left: 
 
     P.Wedel 
     P.O.Box 8420 
     Port Saint Lucie, Fl. 
     34985 
 
Our home address is subject to change due to 
eviction within the next 3 weeks, and we have 
no idea where we will live after that, but 
P.O.Box is paid for until September.