Froma Harrop of the Creators Syndicate wrote an editorial on Social Security Disability scammers that appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on April 26, 2013. \u00a0She indicated that \u2018over 5 percent of eligible American adults are now receiving disability payments from Social Security. Twenty years ago, it was 3 percent.\u2019\u00a0 This problem is not just a US problem but is found in many countries throughout the world including Canada and Denmark she noted. \u00a0It is just not fair to the rest of us who work everyday despite the aches, pains, and mental distress that we sometimes feel.<\/p>\n
We at United We Stand agree. \u00a0We also believe it is unfair to those folks who are truly disabled and legitimately receiving Social Security Disability benefits.\u00a0 When the Social Security Disability Trust \u00a0Fund goes broke in 2016, benefits for these legitimate folks will be cut by 25% just as will those benefits for the scammers. \u00a0Would it not be better to clean up this program by adding $3 billion to the Social Security Administration budget to review the 8,000,000 claimants over the next 4 years and to insure the Administrative Hearings are attended by an advocate for the taxpayer and the Trust Fund? \u00a0Would it not be better to fine the states like Oregon and Washington who are gaming the system and converting their poor from a state responsibility to a Federal responsibility? \u00a0\u00a0Would it not be better to prohibit the paying of consultants a bounty of $2,000 to $3,000 per person that is converted? \u00a0The short term savings are enormous and could return the Social Security Disability Trust Fund to solvency almost immediately. \u00a0Our estimate of savings by following the steps above are $47 billion out of a $146 billion budget. \u00a0When will the Congress and the President act.\u00a0 We hope soon.<\/p>\n
Harry Pukay-Martin<\/p>\n
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