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Triumph · 09-12-2012, 03:41 PM

The only way this is going to end is to get Obama out of office in November.

117,000 Americans Get Jobless and Disability Benefits

***Harry Boy*** · 09-12-2012, 03:48 PM

I'm afraid the fools will put him right back in for another four years, we are in trouble and they don't care, they like to look at him, they don't care about the damage he is doing he is their own little Poster Boy.

(why is he so quiet on the chicago teacher strike)---

PatriotsReign · 09-12-2012, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Triumph

The only way this is going to end is to get Obama out of office in November.

117,000 Americans Get Jobless and Disability Benefits

You should have at quoted this little nugget...

"Roughly 117,000 Americans double-dipped by cashing unemployment and Social Security disability checks during the height of the jobs crisis, costing taxpayers a combined $856 million in fiscal 2010 according to a government watchdog agency. The additional strain on the system will make the SSDI trust fund insolvent in four short years. With most eyes fixed on the election battle between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, it was easy to miss the alarming report by the Government Accountability Office that was initially released this summer."

Shouldn't we try to get the money back from them?

***Patters*** · 09-12-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PatriotsReign

You should have at quoted this little nugget...

"Roughly 117,000 Americans double-dipped by cashing unemployment and Social Security disability checks during the height of the jobs crisis, costing taxpayers a combined $856 million in fiscal 2010 according to a government watchdog agency. The additional strain on the system will make the SSDI trust fund insolvent in four short years. With most eyes fixed on the election battle between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, it was easy to miss the alarming report by the Government Accountability Office that was initially released this summer."

Shouldn't we try to get the money back from them?

I wonder if this requires changes in the law. After all, aren't unemployment statutes state and SSDI federal? Also, I'm pretty sure with SSDI you are allowed to earn a limited amount of money, so a disabled person could become unemployed. Certainly, a person who applies for both SSDI and unemployment at roughly the same time should not be eligible for both, in my opinion.

***IcyPatriot*** · 09-12-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PatriotsReign

You should have at quoted this little nugget...

"Roughly 117,000 Americans double-dipped by cashing unemployment and Social Security disability checks during the height of the jobs crisis, costing taxpayers a combined $856 million in fiscal 2010 according to a government watchdog agency. The additional strain on the system will make the SSDI trust fund insolvent in four short years. With most eyes fixed on the election battle between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, it was easy to miss the alarming report by the Government Accountability Office that was initially released this summer."

Shouldn't we try to get the money back from them?

PR you were doing good until that last line ... good luck with that.

IllegalContact · 09-12-2012, 09:10 PM

I would not have a problem with libbie programs if they weren't all so inherently corrupt

***Patters*** · 09-12-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by IllegalContact

I would not have a problem with libbie programs if they weren't all so inherently corrupt

I feel that way about Rmoney and Wall Street. At least government corruption is more easily exposed.

Mrs.PatsFanInVa · 09-12-2012, 10:50 PM

Never mind.

***DarrylS*** · 09-13-2012, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by IllegalContact

I would not have a problem with libbie programs if they weren't all so inherently corrupt

The blame for all of society's ills, the poor and disabled.. when is the last time a major defense contract came in on time, underbudget and there was no mention of fraud???

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No current federal law authorizes a reduction or elimination of benefits in the case of double-dipping. And neither the Social Security Administration nor the Labor Department has “a process to indentify these overlapping benefit payments” being provided in part through state governments, the GAO said. The GAO rejected the “apples and oranges” argument by pointing out both programs replace lost earnings and therefore have similar goals and engage in similar activities that occasionally overlap.

The average double-dipper collected $7,316 in fiscal 2010

Read more at http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articl...D6Dl6wQz1FT.99

If I had the energy would be able to show that this has been going on for about 30 years and is not unique to any recent administration...

PatriotsReign · 09-13-2012, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by IcyPatriot

PR you were doing good until that last line ... good luck with that.

All the gov't needs to do is hire professional debt collectors....