I know we all want a cleansing of the misdeeds of socialist programs and abuses of public pension plans. As well as better management of defense department purchasing programs. There will be a bit of an uproar and some hullabaloo, and it will die down, the same way the big gun control hype has.
clay On Apr 10, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
