8,830,026: Americans on Disability Hits New Record for 192nd Straight Month (statistics, downturn)

[TriMT7]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider275452

Most I know on ss dis are younger lazy people. Perhaps the ''baby boomer's'' worked for 40 plus yrs to raise disrespectful punks like yourself and are too busted up to work any more.

Then you're experience (not surprising) does not match the reality of the situation AT ALL.

Here's some hard facts for you:

There were appx. 2 million people on SSDI between the ages of ZERO and 44.

45 - 49 is 1.1 million people.

The cohort between 50-59 ALONE is 2 million people!

60-64.... even worse.... is 2.4 million.

Above that, retirement or death so the number drops to 500k.

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statc...11/sect01b.pdf


How you like them apples, Gramps?

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Just tax the rich for any social program people think of.

That's a trite answer and addresses nothing I've said.

[ellemint]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider275452

Most of these so called disabilities these people have are minor and they are able to function, I am sure they are able to work some type of menial job and in most cases they would earn more money than they do on SS dis. I stopped at the local watering hole one day last week, I was looking for someone, there were 4 people there and guess what, 3 out of the 4 are on SS dis. If they can hang at the bar and drink, I am sure they can mop a floor or flip a burger. The fourth one does not work either, but I'm not sure what his gig is. I bug them all the time telling them they should be working and the answer I get is, "I'm looking". They have been looking for years, I am sure there is something they are qualified for.

They may very well be qualified to work, but it's hard to get a job, even for recent college graduates. So what luck is someone with a spotty resume and frequent gaps in employment going to have?

[parried]

Originally Posted by kidkaos2

I think people go too far in determining who is legitimately disabled. I think some level of compassion needs to be involved. It needs to not just be whether a person is capable of performing some type of work, but whether they are able to reasonably function in society.

I mean you can't use Stephen Hawking as an example to declare someone else capable of work. Hawking is a brilliant physicist and he is able to formulate his ideas without needing any of his limbs. That doesn't mean we should stop thinking of paralyzed people as disabled.

Depression may in fact disable someone. Just because most people are able to function even while clinically depressed, doesn't mean an individual's brain chemistry might not be so messed up they they are permanently severely depressed and unable to function.

In my opinion the criteria shouldn't be whether a person is so disabled that they are unable to perform any work at all. It should be whether they are disabled enough that having to work would destroy their quality of life. I mean you don't need arms to be a Walmart greeter, so someone without arms is technically able to work. But we need to use some common sense. That person, even if able to perform some menial labor, is clearly disabled and can't function in society. Same with someone with severe chronic fatigue syndrome or chemical depression that doesn't respond to medication, etc.

Well then, I guess for people with disabilities who cannot work or cannot find work this safety net is well deserving. I mean, as long as employers can just say "We chose to hire X instead" and not admitting that they don't want people with disabilities working for them, even if they are fully capable, what else are we supposed to do?

[the mask]

Ah yes...The Socialist turd in the WH destroying America's Work ethic.

Record 10,978,040 Now on Disability;

[DoD Guy]

but but but...Obama didn't build that

[MTAtech]

OK, I'll bite. What has Obama done to make more people apply for disability or be approved for disability?



It looks like the red states are the worst offenders:

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by MTAtech

OK, I'll bite. What has Obama done to make more people apply for disability or be approved for disability?



It looks like the red states are the worst offenders:

But..................but.................. but......................... MTA!

You keep telling us that the unemployment rate is falling and the number of Americans in the work force is INCREASING!?

Now that seems to contradict the record number of citizens on foodstamps and social security disability!


PS- STATES don't go on disability- PEOPLE DO. The greatest percentage of people on welfare and disability are DEMOCRATS.

[Mr. Jim Robinson]

It's a shame to think that out of those 10 million people that many are fully capable of work.

[urbanlife78]

Who make up disabled workers?