[throwawayqqq11]

>what is wrong with SSI?

Nothing actually. Here in germany, we may have a broader safety net but similar harassment of already recievers or applicants.

I once had to bridge over 6 month of unemployment and years later recieced invoices of wrongfully granted aid i got. For about another 6 month, i was arguing with bureaucracy over ever new details. Its deliberate.

In my oppinion, such extra discrimination is meant to water down welfare, ultimately to cut cost. Its perfectly aligned to our recent bill, to reduce budgets to compensate for past crisis over spending (covid, ukraine, inflation), instead of raising taxes on those who even profited in all these crises.

I am not suprised, that any government -- the sovereign -- takes the route of least resistance in terms of fiscal policies and i think neither should you.

[io_oi]

Sorry that happened to you. You are right I should not be surprised! The friction does seem to be by design.