Quick … when was the last time the number of Americans receiving disability benefits decreased in a given month? Was it sometime in the last year, maybe? Five years? Ten years? Fifteen years, perhaps?
Nope. The last time this pool of dependents declined month-to-month was all the way back in January 1997 – the first month of former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s second term in office. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s a string of 196 consecutive months (more than 16 years) spanning three presidential administrations.
As it stands now, a record 10.9 million Americans are collecting monthly disability checks from the federal government. Another 8.3 million are drawing supplemental security income payments. As a result of this unsustainably upward trajectory, the trust fund which administers theses accounts will deplete its reserves within the next three years.
What happens then? One of two things. Reduced benefits or bigger deficits.
Unless of course the federal government decides to do the hard work of redefining disabilities back to where they were decades ago – you know, before you could parlay your social anxiety and persistent fatigue into a steady paycheck from the dependency incentivizers.
Oh, and it’s worth noting this is just a preview of coming attractions, as Medicare and Social Security are set to deplete their trust funds in 2024 and 2035, respectively.
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Since the general population has also increased during the same time frame, the important measurement is the percentage of the population receiving those benefits. Has it increased, decreased or remained the same?
Not to mention the demographic “bulge” of the Baby Boomers entering their decrepitude.
It has increased 10 fold. For the last decade, alcoholism has been classified as a disability?
Since the general population has also increased during the same time frame, the important measurement is the percentage of the population receiving those benefits. Has it increased, decreased or remained the same?
Not to mention the demographic “bulge” of the Baby Boomers entering their decrepitude.
It has increased 10 fold. For the last decade, alcoholism has been classified as a disability?
FITS, face it.., Obama’s a F*#k-up……Who you tryin’ to fool, Dumb@$$?.. trying to deflect from Obama’s disgusting rate of increase in GIMME programs by going back to 1997…LMAO…
Bill Clinton is now using FITS for his cigar insertion instead of Monica…
Nice Try you shrill, little punk…that said: liberals would have believed any excuse…you didn’t have to reach arond to look like such an idiot to sheild your lord god…Obama..
Dip$#!*….
LOL! Through all 8 years of Dubya? Last time it went down was under Clinton? Hit the deck, T’s gonna blow!
How much of this increase is due to those disabled in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Very Very Very Few.
Completely untrue.
I thought Obama HATES the military…now your stupid @$$ is telling me you want to use maimed soldiers to claim they are begging handouts because Obama has WRECKED the economy????
You thought 90% of the millitary hates Obama. Still waiting on how you came up with what you reported as fact.
You are completely unaware of the number of wounded warriors in this country, which makes you look like a complete idiot.
How much of this increase is due to those disabled in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Very Very Very Few.
Completely untrue.
You are completely unaware of the number of wounded warriors in this country, which makes you look like a complete idiot.
I read that Medicare’s trust fund was recently reported to last an additional two years, to 2026, due to a slowing of health care costs.
And I heard the Earth won’t explode until 2030 instead of 2012, just because Obama was elected…
You Dip$#!*…The same people feeding your Ignorant @$$ that info are the ones who are making the IRS ask what’s in the prayers of the people they hate..after they swore they were not…
They are the same people who told you Voter ID laws were not needed before Melouise Richardson was CAUGHT Voting 6 times and after they let the NBP use clubs to turn away white voters…
They told our Ambassador they’d protect him in Libya before they hung him out to be murdered, then lied about it…
They told us the unemployment rate would dwindle and the Chevy Volt and Solyndra would make gas a thing of the past
You weak-minded IDIOT..Stupid people like YOU and FITS are the reason decent Americans are suffering, and your god and idol lives like the king his dumb@$$ subjects (You and FITS) believe he is…
Big(o)T, King of Confirmation Bias.
BRRAAAAKKKKK! Obama in every thread. BRRAAAAKKKK! Whoever the hell Melouise Richardson is. BRRAAAAKKKK! Libya. BRRAAAAKKKK! Iraq War was worth it because we liberated half the country, turned them all against us and emboldened Iran. BRRAAAAKKKK!
You do know Obama is the sitting President, you mind–numbed, leftwing Dumb@$$???…
But I have no problem believing your Ignorant @$$ hates to talk about him, except the stupid $#!t FITS feeds you, since Obama is FAILURE personified…
Buit not everybody has, or wants, their head buried up their @$$#$…like you and FITS…
I read that Medicare’s trust fund was recently reported to last an additional two years, to 2026, due to a slowing of health care costs.
as the baby boomers swell the social secirity ranks who is surprised they are also swelling the disability ranks?
as the baby boomers swell the social secirity ranks who is surprised they are also swelling the disability ranks?
There is a GIANT Elephant (named Obama) in the room…and the Dumb@$$#$, like FITS and his minions, are walking around it saying: “What, I don’t see no elephant.”
I just don’t believe a majority of American voters are this FITS-level Stupid. Obama HAD TO Cheat…
I think the Voting Scandal, left to be un-covered, will be TEN TIMES bigger than all the rest of the stuff Obama has already been caught doing…
But when Complete, Blind and Punch-Drunk Fools, like FITS, are your media reps, it’s just going to take a long time for it to surface. But when it does, it will Shock the planet…I don’t think even the U.S. media will be able to cover it up…
What you guys think? PCP, crack, meth?
This is an excellent issue for the dwindling Republican tribe to pursue.From the guys who gave us Afghanistan and Iraq where we were expending a billion or so every few days for absolutely nothing,Lets cut money for the disabled as the Klansmen in the Tea Party yell
Right on!
Wheeeeee!!!!!
Hey Dumb@$$: you are aware a MAJORITY of Republicans in the House is kicking Obama’s @$$ BIG (Sequester, Gun Control, Immigration)…..
And let’s see what happens w/ the dwindling Republican tribe in the mid-terms, where the media is not shilling and lying for just one man, and the Cheat Squads are suppressed…
This is an excellent issue for the dwindling Republican tribe to pursue.From the guys who gave us Afghanistan and Iraq where we were expending a billion or so every few days for absolutely nothing,Lets cut money for the disabled as the Klansmen in the Tea Party yell
Right on!
Wheeeeee!!!!!