Nothing infuriates me more than the rampant SSDI fraud and abuse we see in this country.
Via Washington Examiner:
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 or 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. […]
Among the most notable results of the survey:
* Returning to work is not a goal for 71 percent of the SSDI recipients, 60 percent of the SSI recipients.
* 75 percent of the SSDI recipients don’t see themselves returning to work within five years, 65 percent of the SSI recipients don’t.
* 72 percent of the SSDI recipients get cash under the table in addition to their tax-funded benefits, 70 percent of the SSI recipients do.
* 27 percent of the SSDI recipients received 1-3 years of college, 13 percent of the SSI recipients.
* Lack of childcare is NOT the reason they don’t work, according to 95 percent of the SSDI recipients, 84 percent of the SSI recipients.