10-07-2010, 12:35 AM
davester wrote:
[quote=SDGuy]their in-laws who moved here in the 1970s got nearly as much as they did (after signing over all of their assets to their children, thus becoming "poor" and eligible for all sorts of goodies)...
You can't become eligible that way, and it is one of the specific things they look for when determining if you are eligible for SSI. People I've known who've applied for SSI have had a heck of a time getting it because the requirements are so stringent.
I hope that's the case nowadays - finagling the system was likely easier in the 1970s, before everything was computerized...