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| Unemployment Down, Disability at All Time High, 10,978,040 - Doh! |
| 2013-05-29 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #4 When Great Britain asked the people on disability to come in for a checkup nearly a million didn't show up. It's a problem here as well. I'd put together SS Disability Review panels here composed of DAVs, preferably those missing various appendages, to go over the volume we have. Should have enough in most areas to cover it by now. Give everyone a grace period to voluntarily get off the rolls. Those then found pulling disability to be fraudulent in the review should have their SS yanked for life. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-29 17:53 |
| #3 The Baby Boomer story is a well worn liberal canard. Disability rates will continue to climb as the unemployment payments run out. It's a win/win for the States and Feds. The states get them off the welfare rolls and the feds get the unemployment percentage down since people on disability are not unemployed. The last time I went to the local Social Security office there was a whole lot of people, speaking many different languages, limping and definitely under 66. See story here: When Great Britain asked the people on disability to come in for a checkup nearly a million didn't show up. We can see where we're going when Great Britain has a population of 62 million and has as many people on disability as the US. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2013-05-29 15:37 |
| #2 Disability rates will continue to climb as the boomer generation get older. Entitlements will as well. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-05-29 14:32 |
| #1 The rate of increase in disability last month was only 0.15% - at that rate it will be more than 60 years before everyone is disabled. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-29 13:12 |