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dixiegrrrrl

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17. The stats do not say which disability programs they are counting.

Reply to taught_me_patience (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 05:11 PM

Jul 2012

But state disability ( SSI) is very very hard to get
and
Federal Disability ( Soc. Sec. Dis) is quite hard to get.
Plus
the stats do not say for how long people stay on either disability program.
Both state and Fed. disability programs distinguish between "partial" and "total" disability.

Plus, state disability programs can and do kick people off the program, often arbitrarily.
federal programs review partial disability claims on a regular basis.

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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