On October 10, 1989, a widowed applicant filed for SSI benefits. The applicant alleged
owning countable liquid resources totaling $900 plus a second automobile worth $2,000.
(The only other resource, another automobile, was excluded totally as necessary for
transportation because of distance.) The interviewer was about to suggest a conditional
benefits agreement when the applicant volunteered the information that they only expected
to have the second car for about 2 more weeks since their neighbor had agreed to buy
it and the applicant was confident that the transaction would be completed by November
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