EXography: Many disability recipients admit they could work

[Texacon]

http://washingtonexaminer.com/exography-many-disability-recipients-admit-they-could-work/article/2533626


I just want to put this here so the DUmmies can see it since they have so many on the rolls.  Now that we have a few new DUmmies amongst us maybe they will chime in on behalf of the other DUmmies.

Recipients of federal disability checks often admit that they are capable of working but cannot or will not find a job, that those closest to them tell them they should be working, and that working to get off the disability rolls is not among their goals.

More baffling, most have never received significant medical treatment and not seen a doctor about their condition in the last year, even though medical problems are the official reason they don't work. Those who acknowledge they're on disability because they can't find a job say they make little effort to find one, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of federal survey results.

Unearned disability, called SSI, is for individuals who have petitioned to be classified as disabled. Many of them have never worked and have never paid into Social Security. Earned disability, or SSDI, is for those who have held jobs for significant periods of time and paid at least partially into Social Security before becoming disabled.

Those collecting government checks in the unearned program are in less pain than their counterparts who paid into the system, the analysis showed. They are typically overweight, uneducated and from broken homes.

Discussion?

KC

[JohnnyReb]

I know a few that fall in that group......and one that is absolutely deserving to be in that group that still tries to work and does work.

[Texacon]

JR, the article goes on to talk about how many of them will work but it's all under the table.

KC

[miskie]

This is the result of reclassifying the stigmatized 'welfare benefits' into 'entitlements', and replacing Monopoly Money colored food stamps with a discreet debit card.

There is no shame in stealing taxpayer money anymore, which is why its on the increase.

[franksolich]

JR, the article goes on to talk about how many of them will work but it's all under the table.

It reminds me of the now-banished HawkeyeX primitive out in Colorado, who fixes computers for dope.

[Texacon]

Yeah, we had a young guy here where I live that somehow ended up getting disability.  They gave him like $30,000 for 'back payments' he felt he deserved, then he was getting, I think, $2,100/month plus $300/kid.  He had 2 kids.  His wife worked for the prison system.

After he bought a new boat, golf cart, truck, 4 wheeler, etc ... he started doing some odds and ends type jobs but only for cash.  He did things like; lay tile, roofing, remodel bathrooms ... you know, small stuff that any disabled person could be expected to do.

It still pisses me off.  I was going to turn him in to SS but as I read their page I learned that if I turned him in and they did an investigation and found him to be justly compensated for his disability then *I* could be fined! 

KC

[Wineslob]

JR, the article goes on to talk about how many of them will work but it's all under the table.

KC

What? No "fair share"?

What say you, DUmmies?

[obumazombie]

What? No "fair share"?

What say you, DUmmies?

Libs love taxes because libs don't pay them, they take them.

[jukin]

Anyone want to bet that they all vote democrat?

Buehler, BUEHLER.

[Revolution]

I I as a disabled man can work, THEY can work! This article proves what everyone already knows, or has at least suspected, they are lazy leechers.

[DumbAss Tanker]

On the other hand, I'm not sure that 'Not seeing a doctor about the disability in the past year' really means a damn' thing for most real mental disabilities and many physical ones.

[Texacon]

On the other hand, I'm not sure that 'Not seeing a doctor about the disability in the past year' really means a damn' thing for most real mental disabilities and many physical ones.

But what about the statement before that DAT?

"most have never received significant medical treatment"

KC

[RobJohnson]

It still pisses me off.  I was going to turn him in to SS but as I read their page I learned that if I turned him in and they did an investigation and found him to be justly compensated for his disability then *I* could be fined! 

KC

Such bullshit.  I know several on disability that I run into at work, that brag about "running late for work." I know who they have for insurance, if they are 30 years old and on a Medicare plan, I know the scam they are pulling.

[AprilRazz]

My son has a legitimate disability and is attempting to apply for medicaid to help with the cost of his medications. He is off our insurance soon and his meds run up around $500 per month. He wants to work and just wants help with the medical stuff. They keep pushing him to take food stamps and the like and can't seem to understand that he doesn't want it.

[RobJohnson]

My son has a legitimate disability and is attempting to apply for medicaid to help with the cost of his medications. He is off our insurance soon and his meds run up around $500 per month. He wants to work and just wants help with the medical stuff. They keep pushing him to take food stamps and the like and can't seem to understand that he doesn't want it.

That sucks.

I have a coworker that was a sheet metal worker until the construction biz went under. He moved to my town to live with family and was using the local job connect to try and find a job. Part of the program was attending classes. The classes were about how to apply for EBT, housing, etc....so he gave up on them and found a job with us.

We are lucky to have him, he turned out to be a great worker and a good friend. He said the "case manager" called him and wanted to know why they had not seen him and he told her "I just want a job, not food stamps." He is now able to help out his sister that has Lupus (and she works full time) and watch his niece on his days off to help save her on childcare costs. Of course he also pays her rent. He is like the rest of us, doing what ever it takes to get by. Did I mention he is conservative? 

I see mothers of children with several children, all with different last names picking up bags of medication that Medicaid is paying for because thier children are all disabled. Of course the mother is on disability as well. One lady that is disabled is also a foster parent. Between her family's five disability checks and the foster parenting check she is sucking down some pretty good money.

One lady was bragging that her family's psychiatrist gets paid $600 every two weeks just from her family walking in the door from her insurance company. It amazes me how many people on Medicaid refer to it as "my insurance."    The prescriptions are all name brand behavior drugs. Big money. Thousands of dollars every 14 days.....medication to keep the kids awake and medication to make them sleep....babysitter in a pill bottle.

[RobJohnson]

I I as a disabled man can work, THEY can work! This article proves what everyone already knows, or has at least suspected, they are lazy leechers.

You are one of the good guys! The rest are not!

[Texacon]

That sucks.

I have a coworker that was a sheet metal worker until the construction biz went under. He moved to my town to live with family and was using the local job connect to try and find a job. Part of the program was attending classes. The classes were about how to apply for EBT, housing, etc....so he gave up on them and found a job with us.

We are lucky to have him, he turned out to be a great worker and a good friend. He said the "case manager" called him and wanted to know why they had not seen him and he told her "I just want a job, not food stamps." He is now able to help out his sister that has Lupus (and she works full time) and watch his niece on his days off to help save her on childcare costs. Of course he also pays her rent. He is like the rest of us, doing what ever it takes to get by. Did I mention he is conservative? 

I see mothers of children with several children, all with different last names picking up bags of medication that Medicaid is paying for because thier children are all disabled. Of course the mother is on disability as well. One lady that is disabled is also a foster parent. Between her family's five disability checks and the foster parenting check she is sucking down some pretty good money.

One lady was bragging that her family's psychiatrist gets paid $600 every two weeks just from her family walking in the door from her insurance company. It amazes me how many people on Medicaid refer to it as "my insurance."    The prescriptions are all name brand behavior drugs. Big money. Thousands of dollars every 14 days.....medication to keep the kids awake and medication to make them sleep....babysitter in a pill bottle.

More stories like Rev's and the one you just told need to be gotten out.  WE are training these people to be like this (the ones drawing all the benefits they can).

Guys like your friend and Rev are, unfortunately, the exception rather then the rule now days.

KC

[DumbAss Tanker]

But what about the statement before that DAT?

"most have never received significant medical treatment"

KC

I think the report is a big apple and orange salad, with a word mishmash chosen to blend everything together and make is sound like all apples with a hint of orange.  There is a lot of BS in the disability system, but there is also a lot of scapegoating and demagoguery about it.

[obumazombie]

Huey Lewis wants a new drug...
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