'Disabled' outnumber workers in U.S. manufacturing
Apr 12, 2013 6:01:16 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Apr 12, 2013 6:01:16 GMT -5
'Disabled' outnumber workers in U.S. manufacturing 
The stories are many, and this is just one: It seems there was a psychiatrist who reported about a woman who was “disabled” when a casino money cart fell on her leg in Reno. She still managed to play basketball, crawl about under her car, carry heavy groceries and tote luggage around. But she developed a limp and used a cane just in time for a hearing on her disability benefits. There currently are 14 million Americans on disability payments, up from 4.3 million in 1990. The program is paying out $200 billion per year, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, as of 2009, Social Security Disability Insurance pays out more than it takes in from payroll taxes. SSDI is slated to go broke in 2016. Now from across the political spectrum, experts are warning of problems ahead, not just economic but societal, as one of the products of the decades-old SSDI system is that it has fostered a standard of long-term dependency.
read more:
www.wnd.com/2013/04/disabled-outnumber-workers-in-u-s-manufacturing/
The stories are many, and this is just one: It seems there was a psychiatrist who reported about a woman who was “disabled” when a casino money cart fell on her leg in Reno. She still managed to play basketball, crawl about under her car, carry heavy groceries and tote luggage around. But she developed a limp and used a cane just in time for a hearing on her disability benefits. There currently are 14 million Americans on disability payments, up from 4.3 million in 1990. The program is paying out $200 billion per year, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, as of 2009, Social Security Disability Insurance pays out more than it takes in from payroll taxes. SSDI is slated to go broke in 2016. Now from across the political spectrum, experts are warning of problems ahead, not just economic but societal, as one of the products of the decades-old SSDI system is that it has fostered a standard of long-term dependency.
read more:
www.wnd.com/2013/04/disabled-outnumber-workers-in-u-s-manufacturing/
