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"America will be about the last place to attempt this" In a small sense, the US is already doing it. 60 minutes did a story on an area in Kentucky and West Vir
by jbuzbee 11y ago
"America will be about the last place to attempt this"
In a small sense, the US is already doing it. 60 minutes did a story on an area in Kentucky and West Virginia where they estimated 10-15% of the population, 250 thousand people, are on social security disability. Local lawyers guaranteed, and the Social Security Administration agreed, that they could get anybody classified as "disabled" to get benefits.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/disability-usa/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/disability-usa/
- rconti 11y agoYup, I'm well aware of how the disability system is being used. But we all know increasing social services has been pretty much a toxic idea since at least the early 90s.
- undersuit 11y agoIt's a toxic idea in the media, but it's not toxic enough for the bills and laws to be brought up by politicians in the first place.