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Disability, USA

October 6, 2013 4:48 PM

Steve Kroft reports on the alarming state of the federal disability program, which has exploded in size in the last six years and could become the first federal benefits program to run out of money.

Disability, USA

60 Minutes OverTimeWhat happens when the U.S. disability fund runs dry?

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by PeanutCity October 8, 2013 5:51 AM EDT
After 18 years, I was laid off from my job. I had been struggling to work while ill because I wanted to work. No one would hire me after the layoff when they learned of my health & attendance records. No "reputable" lawyer would help me with my SSDI denial. I went with Binder & Binder as a last resort. My application was denied, appealed, denied again and sent to a judge for a hearing. During that hearing the judge asked for my employment records to verify my absenteeism. After reviewing both medical documentation and employment records, I was approved for SSDI. Due to multiple health issues, I am not reliable; I cannot show up every day all day. We aren't all scam artists.
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by GoTimothy2 October 8, 2013 5:01 AM EDT
These news channels are not giving you the truth. Social Security is a scam, because people who are injured on the job are not paid what they deserve to be paid for their injuries.

When a man is injured on the job he should sue the automobile industry for every penny they own, to guarantee no one is ever injured on the job again, that's what Justice says.

But you can't sue the automobile company, all you can get is a cheesy thousand dollar month disability check.

It's not those who are injured on the job who are cheating the system.

It's the people who drive automobiles, that cost less than $1 million a piece, because they don't want to pay the people who were injured manufacturing those automobiles.

Over 70,000 people a year are injured building automobiles. How can the automobile companies even make a profit when one person is injured? How can they even be making a profit when one person is killed by their product?

Because the news channels like 60 minutes, are so good at brainwashing people into believing everybody's faking an injury, to get the automobile companies money. It's not about getting another job after job injury. It's about making sure no one else is injured by putting that company out of business. No one in their right mind can go back to work at another job knowing people are still being injured at the automobile plant.

Over 1000 workers were killed in Bangladesh manufacturing clothing, and all you people care about is that the people who survived the building collapse go out and get another job so you can wear cheap clothing made by slaves. You don't get it, because you're evil and brainwashed.

Eye for an eye tooth for tooth. When a person loses an eye while building an automobile, if the people who drive automobiles don't want to that injured worker sue the automobile manufacturer for every penny they own, because that person wants to drive an automobile cheep, then every person who drives a car, should have an eye chiseled out of their head. That's God's law. If you don't like it move off of God's earth.

Wake up 60 minutes and do the story of the man who was injured on the job and suffered $450 billion worth of pain and all he got was a cheesy disability check, because people still want to drive cars and they don't care how much people suffer.

Why should your back pain cut into automobile industry profits? You think those 70,000 people who are injured at the automobile factories every year are faking injuries? If any 60 minutes viewers think industry should still be making a profit after one man is injured on the job, they should receive that injury. That's what Justice says.

Everyone who watches 60 minutes is possessed by the devil. I don't know how your viewers are going to handle judgment day when they actually have to pay the price for the suffering they cause.
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by GoTimothy2 October 8, 2013 4:56 AM EDT
These news channels are not giving you the truth. Social Security is a scam, because people who are injured on the job are not paid what they deserve to be paid for their injuries.

When a man is injured on the job he should sue the automobile industry for every penny they own, to guarantee no one is ever injured on the job again, that's what Justice says.

But you can't sue the automobile company, all you can get is a cheesy thousand dollar month disability check.

It's not those who are injured on the job who are cheating the system.

It's the people who drive automobiles, that cost less than $1 million a piece, because they don't want to pay the people who were injured manufacturing those automobiles.

Over 70,000 people a year are injured building automobiles. How can the automobile companies even make a profit when one person is injured? How can they even be making a profit when one person is killed by their product?

Because the news channels like 60 minutes, are so good at brainwashing people into believing everybody's faking an injury, to get the automobile companies money. It's not about getting another job after job injury. It's about making sure no one else is injured by putting that company out of business. No one in their right mind can go back to work at another job knowing people are still being injured at the automobile plant.

Over 1000 workers were killed in Bangladesh manufacturing clothing, and all you people care about is that the people who survived the building collapse go out and get another job so you can wear cheap clothing made by slaves. You don't get it, because you're evil and brainwashed.

Eye for an eye tooth for tooth. When a person loses an eye while building an automobile, if the people who drive automobiles don't want to that injured worker sue the automobile manufacturer for every penny they own, because that person wants to drive an automobile cheep, then every person who drives a car, should have an eye chiseled out of their head. That's God's law. If you don't like it move off of God's earth.

Wake up 60 minutes and do the story of the man who was injured on the job and suffered $450 billion worth of pain and all he got was a cheesy disability check, because people still want to drive cars and they don't care how much people suffer.

Why should your back pain cut into automobile industry profits? You think those 70,000 people who are injured at the automobile factories every year are faking injuries? If any 60 minutes viewers think industry should still be making a profit after one man is injured on the job, they should receive that injury. That's what Justice says.

Everyone who watches 60 minutes is possessed by the devil. I don't know how your viewers are going to handle judgment day when they actually have to pay the price for the suffering they cause.
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by GoTimothy2 October 8, 2013 4:53 AM EDT
These news channels are not giving you the truth. Social Security is a scam, because people who are injured on the job are not paid what they deserve to be paid for their injuries.

When a man is injured on the job he should sue the automobile industry for every penny they own, to guarantee no one is ever injured on the job again, that's what Justice says.

But you can't sue the automobile company, all you can get is a cheesy thousand dollar month disability check.

It's not those who are injured on the job who are cheating the system.

It's the people who drive automobiles, that cost less than $1 million a piece, because they don't want to pay the people who were injured manufacturing those automobiles.

Over 70,000 people a year are injured building automobiles. How can the automobile companies even make a profit when one person is injured? How can they even be making a profit when one person is killed by their product?

Because the news channels like 60 minutes, are so good at brainwashing people into believing everybody's faking an injury, to get the automobile companies money. It's not about getting another job after job injury. It's about making sure no one else is injured by putting that company out of business. No one in their right mind can go back to work at another job knowing people are still being injured at the automobile plant.

Over 1000 workers were killed in Bangladesh manufacturing clothing, and all you people care about is that the people who survived the building collapse go out and get another job so you can wear cheap clothing made by slaves. You don't get it, because you're evil and brainwashed.

Eye for an eye tooth for tooth. When a person loses an eye while building an automobile, if the people who drive automobiles don't want to that injured worker sue the automobile manufacturer for every penny they own, because that person wants to drive an automobile cheep, then every person who drives a car, should have an eye chiseled out of their head. That's God's law. If you don't like it move off of God's earth.

Wake up 60 minutes and do the story of the man who was injured on the job and suffered $450 billion worth of pain and all he got was a cheesy disability check, because people still want to drive cars and they don't care how much people suffer.

Why should your back pain cut into automobile industry profits? You think those 70,000 people who are injured at the automobile factories every year are faking injuries? If any 60 minutes viewers think industry should still be making a profit after one man is injured on the job, they should receive that injury. That's what Justice says.

Everyone who watches 60 minutes is possessed by the devil. I don't know how your viewers are going to handle judgment day when they actually have to pay the price for the suffering they cause.
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by GoTimothy2 October 8, 2013 4:52 AM EDT
Corection of first line should be "These news channels are not giving you the truth."
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by GoTimothy2 October 8, 2013 4:45 AM EDT
These news channels are not going in the you the truth. Social Security is a scam, because people who are injured on the job are not paid what they deserve to be paid for their injuries.

When a man is injured on the job he should sue the automobile industry for every penny they own, to guarantee no one is ever injured on the job again, that's what Justice says.

But you can't sue the automobile company, all you can get is a cheesy thousand dollar month disability check.

It's not those who are injured on the job who are cheating the system.

It's the people who drive automobiles, that cost less than $1 million a piece, because they don't want to pay the people who were injured manufacturing those automobiles.

Over 70,000 people a year are injured building automobiles. How can the automobile companies even make a profit when one person is injured? How can they even be making a profit when one person is killed by their product?

Because the news channels like 60 minutes, are so good at brainwashing people into believing everybody's faking an injury, to get the automobile companies money. It's not about getting another job after job injury. It's about making sure no one else is injured by putting that company out of business. No one in their right mind can go back to work at another job knowing people are still being injured at the automobile plant.

Over 1000 workers were killed in Bangladesh manufacturing clothing, and all you people care about is that the people who survived the building collapse go out and get another job so you can wear cheap clothing made by slaves. You don't get it, because you're evil and brainwashed.

Eye for an eye tooth for tooth. When a person loses an eye while building an automobile, if the people who drive automobiles don't want to that injured worker sue the automobile manufacturer for every penny they own, because that person wants to drive an automobile cheep, then every person who drives a car, should have an eye chiseled out of their head. That's God's law. If you don't like it move off of God's earth.

Wake up 60 minutes and do the story of the man who was injured on the job and suffered $450 billion worth of pain and all he got was a cheesy disability check, because people still want to drive cars and they don't care how much people suffer.

Why should your back pain cut into automobile industry profits? You think those 70,000 people who are injured at the automobile factories every year are faking injuries? If any 60 minutes viewers think industry should still be making a profit after one man is injured on the job, they should receive that injury. That's what Justice says.

Everyone who watches 60 minutes is possessed by the devil. I don't know how your viewers are going to handle judgment day when they actually have to pay the price for the suffering they cause.
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by 1Bobat October 8, 2013 3:34 AM EDT
Look no further than Big Pharma. Example: Fluoroquinolones are synthetically created toxic POISONS! The horrific damage caused by these POISONS defy logic. Common fluoroquinolones(FQs) are Levaquin (J&J),Ciprofloxacin,Avelox (Bayer). ALL FQs are created POISONS masquerading as 'antibiotics'! The many Adverse Reactions(ADRS)are severe and permanent. The FQs prevent good DNA from replicating! Theses poisons ruin life after life. The pain,suffering is beyond comprehension! Allowing these known poisons to continue crippling,blinding,& killing is unconscionable. This is another HOLOCAUST! Those responsible for this carnage are committing 'Crimes Against Humanity'! Why...why is this needless horror allowed to continue? PURE GREED! Those responsible MUST be held accountable! Those POISONED are due swift and just compensation!! That FQs are POISON has been known for DECADES!! FQs are package with 'skull & crossbones',the universal symbol for POISONS! My life was 'stolen'by these POISONS! This POISONING MUST STOP...IT MUST END...NO MORE POISON!! Please visit 'The Wall of Pain' on FB. These people are real,the suffering is real...I am one of these Poisoned! Thousands upon thousands lives are shattered by these POISONS! FQs=POISON,POISON=DEATH! Is not a question of 'IF',is only question of 'WHEN'! STOP THIS HOLOCAUST...!
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by cherokee2347 October 8, 2013 3:27 AM EDT
"We want these people arrested, and we're coming in with the grand jury to do it."

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/07/truckers-for-the-constitution-will-intentionally-jam-d-c-beltway-arrest-congressmen-if-cops-wont-organizer-claims/

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/07/truckers-for-the-constitution-plan-to-slow-dc-beltway-arrest-congressmen
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by ambushed2 October 8, 2013 1:52 AM EDT
It is the "60 Minutes" segment that's fraudulent! The GAO analysis of the amount of fraud in the SSDI program, published 15-Aug-2013 (http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-635), states that the percentage of people POTENTIALLY receiving unjustified/fraudulent benefits amounted to only 0.4 percent of all recipients! Just four tenths of one percent! In dollar amounts, this equated to only 1.27 percent of ALL SSDI benefits paid!

Given the vast number of vengeful attacks from people who claim that they know people -- often multiple people -- who are fraudulently receiving SSDI benefits, the 0.41% factual statistic proves that these complainers are nothing but jealous, vindictive ignoramuses. Just like the producers of this egregious 60 Minutes debacle of a segment, who knew all this (it is very widely known to anyone who investigates SSDI) but went ahead and deliberately kept these essential facts a secret from the audience!

Another falsehood in this scandalous hit piece relates to the bogus assertion by Sarah Carver and Jennifer Griffith that various stores and restaurants are to be avoided on what's implied to be a single day when they're too crowded because "everybody's received their benefits", even though in reality those payments are gradually made over the course of the month. People do NOT all receive their checks on the same day as the segment strongly implied!

If the 60 Minutes hatchet job had instead focused solely on scheming lawyer-doctor claim riggers like Eric Conn's outfit, the segment would have been justified. But the segment as it appeared was quite despicable!
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by LDVZ October 8, 2013 1:49 AM EDT
Again, if the concern is fraud and the cost that fraud costs the American tax-payer then surely the costs that were incurred due to the Wall Street fraud surely takes precedent. I'm curious, how does a fraud of such monumental proportion go virtually unnoticed, uninvestigated and unprosecuted but our Congressmen are all over Social Security fraud?

One costs the tax-payer no small amount in billions, the other trillions. If the cost to the tax-payer is the concern here, which you say it is, why then has this crime of the century, systemic Wall Street fraud gone virtually unprosecuted? I'm not going to let this go. Why are we all over Social Security fraud but Wall Street fraud nearly bringing the world's economy to its knees received the proverbial slap on the wrist?

I'll tell you why, because one crime involves the rich and the other involves the poor. The one involving the rich gets glossed over and forgotten, whereas the one involving the poor is investigated to the fullest and prosecuted with vigor. What a sham.
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