“We are no longer counting food that someone gives you as income when we figure your SSI payment.”
This came into effect on September 30, but they just informed SSI recipients (using the future tense) this morning.
You mean they can just change these awful rules without needing an act of Congress to do so? Incredible. We suffered for years for no reason! But don’t worry, our call is important to them:
Second, this final rule promotes equity. SSI recipients, by definition, have low income and resources. Because low-income people disproportionately encounter barriers across a range of social, health, and economic outcomes, our goal is to improve their circumstances, thus improving equity.
Incredible. You’re the ones who legally require that we have low income and resources! 
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Now that’s what I call…harm reduction.
Bet you all wished the you would
This is unironically a great development.
Sometimes nice things can happen, and for those on SSI, a little less means testing cruelty is a nice thing.
Major support to anyone whose malicious compliance contributed to the end of this rule. I’ve often thought about reporting things like “I ate a chip from someone else’s order” but feared the consequences of what it would mean for my benefits two months later.
Eating hot chip and lie
It is.
It is harm reduction. But under no circumstances do you have to hand it to them. Especially not to
