Americans Joining Disability Is Now Outpacing Americans Finding Jobs: Is This a Sign of a Coming Depression?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/07/18 16:00:00

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	Yes	154 votes	76%
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WEEKLYSTANDARD.COM reports:
As the chart shows, between April-June 2012, an estimated 246,000 Americans were added to Social Security's disability insurance program. In that same time period, only 225,000 American jobs were created.

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Don Leuty 2012/07/18 06:30:43

Yes

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When users outnumber producers, we become just like the Soviet Union. Uniformly poor with no incentive to improve our lot.
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keliffa 2012/07/18 23:15:24 (edited)

No

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No, because we have been in a depression for quite sometime.

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Aqua Surf to keliffa 2012/07/19 01:42:52

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Thank you, I'm glad more people are realizing that fact!

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richwright to Aqua Surf 2012/07/19 03:20:04

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you're welcome.

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/19 03:19:41

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It started with Bush. Now we are up to just a recession status.

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keliffa to richwright 2012/07/19 11:24:11

+2

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/20 02:56:44

The Bush appointed Supreme Court justices will remind us of his damage for the next 25 years.

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keliffa to richwright 2012/07/20 03:02:53

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That is hilarious. Obama's sh!t kickers will be around for the next30 plus years.

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/20 03:05:51

Now cmon I know you really like older experienced women.

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keliffa to richwright 2012/07/20 11:39:02

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Sure I do. Not so much the incompetent, racist, diarrhea filled gas bags who have no business being anywhere NEAR the SC much less than serving on it.

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/20 15:17:21

i'm sure they could change you.

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keliffa to richwright 2012/07/20 15:25:04

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No, they couldn't.

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/20 22:25:34

well you need an open mind and try.

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jimmy d 2012/07/18 23:06:43

Yes

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That hopey changey crap is really working isn't it?!?!?!

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keliffa to jimmy d 2012/07/18 23:16:37

+4

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/19 03:21:24

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It worked. I'm hopeful we will never return to the Bush cliff.

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keliffa to richwright 2012/07/19 11:24:49

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Uh huh.

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richwright to keliffa 2012/07/20 02:57:13

yep

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keliffa to richwright 2012/07/20 03:04:22

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richwright to jimmy d 2012/07/19 03:20:46

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yes the stimulus really kept us from falling off the Bush cliff and it was a long way down.

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junkme2342 2012/07/18 23:04:22

Yes

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I work in healthcare and personally I see a lot of people on disability that aren't to sick to work they just don't want to make a lifestyle change to stay healthy enough for it.

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richwright to junkme2342 2012/07/19 03:21:59

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sometimes it pays to be sick.

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junkme2342 to richwright 2012/07/19 03:25:17

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And that's what's wrong with this country.

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richwright to junkme2342 2012/07/19 04:14:51

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then they need to make it so it pays not to be sick.

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junkme2342 to richwright 2012/07/19 04:22:05

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Yeah I wish everybody could figure that out.

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ed 2012/07/18 22:33:15

Yes

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yes thanks to this administration

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joe mauro 2012/07/18 22:16:48

Yes

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not the coming depression the present depression

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luigi1- in god we trust 2012/07/18 22:13:34

Yes

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A good sign if you are a progressive liberal.

A bad sign if you are a Capitalist, hard working tax paying conservative.

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richwright to luigi1-... 2012/07/19 03:23:20

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capitalists don't work hard. They get rich offshoring jobs. They don't care about the disabled since they pay little to no tax anyway.

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Heisenberg 2012/07/18 21:26:27

No

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No, it's a sign of people applying for disability when they're too sick to work or handicapped or whatever and got laid off their jobs because of it.

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mary E to Heisenberg 2012/07/19 02:35:27

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I am just one person, and I know many people on disability who are certainly well enough to work. And have handicap stickers that keep them from doing the walking that would improve their health. These are persons I observe more than once a week.

I simply don't know how we are going to pay for all these people to have disability!

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Heisenberg to mary E 2012/07/19 02:43:53
richwright to Heisenberg 2012/07/19 03:26:18

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you are the first one I've seen in a long time with an education. An intelligent thought process is a frustrating trait in the sea of SH's.

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Heisenberg to richwright 2012/07/19 03:29:50

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Thank you! It feels good to be educated, too.

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richwright to Heisenberg 2012/07/19 04:15:29

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sometimes I guess.

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richwright to mary E 2012/07/19 03:24:24

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you raise taxes on the rich. Let the Bush tax cuts expire for those over 250K like O wants to do.

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Dee 2012/07/18 20:19:06

Yes

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If you can't find honest work, you get depressed. When you become chronically depressed, you qualify for disability. Funny how that works, isn't it? When I worked, if someone knew they were close to being laid off or fired, they jumped on the old disability train for 'stress'. ( Stress - something the company can neither prove or disprove.) Worked like a charm, too.

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SA to Dee 2012/07/18 20:44:08

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Where I live one CANNOT even turn in paperwork for disability until they have been out of work for exactly 1 year.

Then I was denied disability three times before I was accepted. I have Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and Arthritis and worked WITH these disabilities for years.

About a year and a half went by before I received my first check.

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Dee to SA 2012/07/18 21:11:37

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Where I worked, if you chose to pursue it, you would have been on permanent disability after 26 weeks of regular disability through the company.

I commend you for working with disabilities as many would not and am sorry you had such a horrendous time getting the benefits you clearly qualify for.

There must have been recent changes according to this link, updated in April. There is now a 5 month waiting period and benefits begin the 6th month.

http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/a...

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richwright to SA 2012/07/19 03:27:42

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they have to come out with a manual on how to collect. will make millions.

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SA to richwright 2012/07/19 03:45:38

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I was fortunate to have patience and family. Some aren't as blessed as I am.

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