WH Budget Chief: " I Hope Fewer People Get Social Security Disability Insurance"

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12. Problems with SSDI

He's punishing disabled people because of the frauds. And there ARE frauds in the program. There are frauds in every program. I watch Judge Judy and have seen countless people on that program over the years who get disability payments but are not disabled.

But because SOME are frauds doesn't mean the program should be cut. They need to seek out the doctors who turn in fraudulent dr reports.

There are rich people who are FRAUDS in their tax returns and business dealings. Congress doesn't do away with those deductions for everyone because, say, TRUMP used it fraudently.

Then there is the issue of HOW SSDI is funded. It's paid for by the Social Security Retirement Program, but that program was never intended to pay for disabled people. SS retirement was intended for people who had PAID into the system for a certain number of years, and then they get, on or after age 62, an amount based on how much they paid in. They get that amount for the rest of their lives, which is limited, since they're older.

So SSDI hurts the retirement program a lot because payments go to people who have not paid in a certain number of years, and they get paid disability for MANY MORE YEARS than SS was ever intended for.

SSDI should probably be a separate program. But in this bill, they are punishing ALL disabled for the frauds that get it. If they'r going to do that, I want to see punishment for ALL WEALTHY PEOPLE, for the fraud of some wealthy people.