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
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> 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
> 
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