Federal gvt spends a lot of money on disabled workers
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i posted the article.
the amount of cops, fiyamen, MTA employees on the disability dole is unreal in NY.
the link is in the OP
No smiley niqqa. I was looking for the link that supports the quote I was responding to, which claimed that most people on disability arent really disabled. People want to take a few anecdotes and make that representative of the whole (which always denies the flip side...in this instance people who are denied disability coverage, and are really disabled)
One of the many consequences of the aging, baby boomer population.
Appreciate the links, but you gotta read the articles. The LIRR is a unique example. Their disability eligibility rules differ from everywhere else, and ar exceedingly liberal and lax ---- which makes it rife for abuse. I chalk it up to examples of the top 10% gaming the system more than anything else.
strawman. he said "a lot", not "most" or a "representative of the whole"
I hate that crap, cause you can't say something reasonable, without someone taking it to the extreme
Well "a lot" means to a very great degree or extent, so I guess an actual number is ambiguous and open to interpretation. Semantics I suppose...not a "strawman".
8.8 million people on disability. 10% of that is 880,000 people. that is "a lot" of people
1/10 is not "a lot"...lol. Thats a tiny fraction. But like I said...semantics. Its all good.
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That segment was from This American Life, here is the full story Trends With Benefits | This American Life
people really should listen-to/read the whole thing. it goes into all the incentive that has been built into the system. for instance, part of 'welfare reform' was shifting much of the burden onto the states. so to combat that, states pay companies to get people off welfare and onto disability. or how parents don't want their 'disabled' kids to do well in school, because they might lose their benefits
personally I think our society does have a responsibility to take care of everyone, comrades. but a lot of out current 'throw money at the problem' solutions need to be rethought. in general I think we need to focus on more programs to actually help people find work. a big part of this story was how some people can't even fathom that there's jobs out there that don't involve hard manual-labor for 60 hrs a week
personally I think our society does have a responsibility to take care of everyone, comrades. but a lot of out current 'throw money at the problem' solutions need to be rethought. in general I think we need to focus on more programs to actually help people find work. a big part of this story was how some people can't even fathom that there's jobs out there that don't involve hard manual-labor for 60 hrs a week
why would we need youth in asia to deal with this?
how isgonna help us?
STEM work duh