I heard the same story. You're leaving out the part where many of the people have literally no other job skills and even if they did there are no jobs for them anywhere nearby...
Still, its crazy that the government doesn't at all challenge the cases. Apparently one of the guys from "Axe Men" got caught a couple years ago because he was out on disability and now "logging". -Curt Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:07:48 -0400 From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Rant question of the day Message-ID: <8ef8cc6c-4c7d-4999-afe3-9b9e38f98...@penoff.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Some interesting stories on Planet Money last week about welfare and disability, and how the number of people on SSI has ballooned over the past 10-15 years. Why? Because the SSA doesn't really challenge applicants, especially those who hire legal representation to make their claim. This has made some law firms literally billions of dollars at our expense. Add to this that the states like to move people from welfare to disability, because SSI is a Federal program while welfare is partially funded by the state. Dan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
