http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/?wpisrc=nl_wonk
Don't get me wrong. I know there are really disabled people out there that require help. But those that are receiving help, and or are classified as disabled who for all intents and purposes are able bodied. I think that is kinda shitty. Why you ask? Why would you not wanna help others... that is not the what I am getting at. I don't mind helping people with my taxes. However, I do mind helping those that don't wanna help themselves. While I work, pay my taxes, into all of the things we do, and I won't see a dime of my Social Security that I have been paying for when I come of age (note: I am also not allowed to stop paying into it, even if my share is going to be gone) . However, some people are drawing from the pot already and can work are able bodied but have found a loop hole.
Do I some days not wanna work? Hell yeah. Am I going to lie and cheat so that I don't have to? Nope, I was not raised that way.
"In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government.
The federal government spends more money each year on cash payments for disabled former workers than it spends on food stamps and welfare combined. Yet people relying on disability payments are often overlooked in discussions of the social safety net. People on federal disability do not work. Yet because they are not technically part of the labor force, they are not counted among the unemployed."
"Just out of curiosity, what is your disability?" the judge asked from the bench.
"I have high blood pressure," the man said.
"So do I," the judge said. "What else?"
"I have diabetes."
"So do I."
Also the whole 'Let's move people off state welfare onto federal disability' thing is bullpoop.
It is an interesting article and a good read.
