Latest Pathetic Conservative Attack on Social Security: Disability Fraud Hysteria

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66. It is way too easy if you know what you are doing and have patience.

I can think of six people I know off the top of my head that have gamed the system. All are hooked on "pain medication." And their relative life of luxury depends on two things; The quality of job they had at the time of their cough, disability and their knowledge of the game. I didn't come quick for them though, and they had to suffer through a lot of lean times. But in the end they all got a nice fat check for the back pay. The attorneys got their share of course, and they all had attorneys. I don't believe I know anyone that has ever gotten disability with out one. I know one person who was doing very well selling their meds until they got busted, can't say that it bothered me.

Not that it matters, but all of these folks are white and suffer back problems. It has never made any sense to me why people would seek out disability, but then again I have seen pain meds kill off so many people that I have met over the years it sickens me. Of course when you live in a drug induced haze your paltry existence seems more palatable, and the option of giving up the drug and a guaranteed income for the unknown isn't as easy as it seems. And for all those whom I know, it started with the pain killers. Once they got hooked the pain never got better only worse and worse.

I could easily qualify for disability but the thought doesn't even cross my mind. Maybe when the day arrives that I can't get to the bathroom without crawling I will finally give it some consideration. But until that day. I will suck it up and carry on.

I don't know the answer to the problem, but if you deny that there is one or even could be one, you are helping no one.