Tag Archives: Disability

10,982,920: More Americans on Disability Than People in Greece

The total number of people in the United States now receiving federal disability benefits hit a record 10,982,920 in November, up from the previous record of 10,978,040 set in May, according to newly released data from the Social Security Administration. The 10,982,920 … Continue reading

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Okla. Sen: U.S. disability system being “gamed”

The number of Americans enrolled in the federal disability program has skyrocketed, setting it on a course to become the first federal benefits program to run out of funds. Steve Kroft breaks the latest Senate investigation into the entitlement program … Continue reading

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Record 10,978,040 Now on Disability; ‘Disability’ Would Be 8th Most Populous State

The total number of people in the United States now receiving federal disability benefits hit a record 10,978,040 in May, up from 10,962,532 million in April, according to newly released data from the Social Security Administration. The 10,978,040 disability beneficiaries in the … Continue reading

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10,962,532: U.S. Disability Beneficiaries Exceed Population of Greece

 The total number of people in the United States now receiving federal disability benefits hit a record 10,962,532 million in April, which exceeds the 10,815,197 people who live in the nation of Greece. According to newly released datafrom the Social Security … Continue reading

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Submission to Tyranny Is Slavery

Our founding fathers understood many of the pitfalls that will destroy a nation through a corrupt government. A representative republic is only as good as its elected officials. If the people vote immoral people into office, sell their vote for … Continue reading

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A New Way to Measure Unemployment

I want to propose a new unemployment figure: U8. The government has six different unemployment figures (U1 through U6). I propose adding U8, which is the U6 plus the number of people on disability. The current U6 figure is  14.9% … Continue reading

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Social Security Retirees Hijacked by Disabilities

The following story was first published on the Huffington Post and then on MSNBC by the same writer. Social Security benefits are being used up much quicker than anticipated but not by retirees. Now that unemployment benefits are expiring, people are … Continue reading

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