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Men Find Careers in Collecting Disability

rawtruth Wrote: Dec 03, 2012 6:24 AM
In my profession I fairly come across these so called disabled. Their only disability appears to be working, they are rather active being able to bowl, play ball, get drunk, fight, use drugs, and especially complain. The world mistreats them, they don't get enough money, food stamps, housing allowance, etc. Their children join the disabled rolls in time as they are taught how to game the system. There are the truly disabled out their but they seem to be far outnumbered by those faking it.
Americans are very generous to people with disabilities. Since passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990, millions of public and private dollars have been spent on curb cuts, bus lifts and special elevators.

The idea has been to enable people with disabilities to live and work with the same ease as others, as they make their way forward in life. I feel sure the large majority of Americans are pleased that we are doing this.

But there is another federal program for people with disabilities that has had an unhappier effect. This is the disability insurance (DI) program, which...

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