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Egalitarian Thug

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3. Of course they are, and a very lucrative industry has sprung up around it. The fallacy that eludes

Reply to taught_me_patience (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 03:19 PM

Jul 2012

the authoritarians is that people will not simply disappear because you cut their lifeline. They will find a way to go on and some of them can get through the disability system.

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46.5 Million Americans, Record 22.3 Million US Households, On Foodstamps; 8,753,935 On Disability [View all] stockholmer Jul 2012 OP

Yeap, Gerorge Bush Fucked Up America....Obama is fixing it slowly.... uponit7771 Jul 2012 #1

The rise in disability is concerning taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #2

Of course they are, and a very lucrative industry has sprung up around it. The fallacy that eludes Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #3

Living on $1071.00 in SSDI plus $16.00 for food stamps a month is no picnic. Kaleva Jul 2012 #13

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that SSDI was in any way a bad thing at all, Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #19

what would you suggest people who can't find work do? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #5

I'm not sure taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #8

unfortunately, if it's that or starvation/homelessness, people will do what they have to do, and HiPointDem Jul 2012 #9

Agreed and the amazing Iggy Jul 2012 #6

This ProSense Jul 2012 #7

We have an aging population gollygee Jul 2012 #12

It's probably a part of it for sure n/t. taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #15

Disability was not easy to get. NightWatcher Jul 2012 #16

The stats do not say which disability programs they are counting. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #17

Ahh, America Iggy Jul 2012 #4

Comparing persons on "foodstamps" with number of new jobs is just stupid. Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #10

+1 leftstreet Jul 2012 #18

Blame it on low wages. FarLeftFist Jul 2012 #11

Good lord. Those charts look as if a tidal wave is forming. Romulox Jul 2012 #14

Well, you can't say the government doesn't help its people. nt nanabugg Jul 2012 #20