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Old 04-04-2015, 01:57 PM
 
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I guess too many whelps/lawyers are on the dole. Thoughts?

Social Security disability fund will run empty next year - MarketWatch

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Old 04-04-2015, 02:37 PM
 
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Can they still fund the Pentagon? Then they're not running out of either SS, Disability or food stamp money, are they?
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Old 04-04-2015, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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All those older Americans not eligible for SS went on disability and the judges approved over 90% of the cases after their standard 3 time rejection.

Did anyone not think that it would cost a boatload of money ?
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Old 04-04-2015, 03:00 PM
 
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Can they still fund the Pentagon? Then they're not running out of either SS, Disability or food stamp money, are they?
Our nation's defense has been around since it's founding. The social security deal not so long.
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Old 04-04-2015, 03:18 PM
 
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Our nation's defense has been around since it's founding.
But we didn't spend a billion dollars on a stealth jet like we do now.
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Old 04-04-2015, 03:19 PM
 
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A common suggestion is to shore up the disability insurance trust fund by simply shifting payroll tax funds from Social Security's much larger retirement trust fund, which is projected to remain solvent through 2034. In other words, one year of retirement fund solvency buys you 17 years of disability trust fund solvency.
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Old 04-04-2015, 03:20 PM
 
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A common suggestion is to shore up the disability insurance trust fund by simply shifting payroll tax funds from Social Security's much larger retirement trust fund, which is projected to remain solvent through 2034. In other words, one year of retirement fund solvency buys you 17 years of disability trust fund solvency.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not the answer though.

They really need to find a NEW revenue source for SSDI because the number of Americans going on disability is rising, not falling.
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Old 04-04-2015, 03:29 PM
 
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But we didn't spend a billion dollars on a stealth jet like we do now.
Defense is about 18% of the budget vs. Social Security at 24%. If you start adding other social programs that number climbs even higher. There's just too many people on the take
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Old 04-04-2015, 03:44 PM
 
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They need to do some investigations and stop paying disability to people who are in perfectly good health. Like that guy playing one of the dancing rodents in the Kia commercial.
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Old 04-04-2015, 04:02 PM
 
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They need to do some investigations and stop paying disability to people who are in perfectly good health. Like that guy playing one of the dancing rodents in the Kia commercial.
While not a Fed program being on disability in CA must be great. It seems that one year was worth $51k. He must have made really good money prior to his faked injury

Dancing hamster arrested on insurance fraud charges
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