tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post1599087785550222659..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Senate Hearing on Social Security DisabilityBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-89640678396687347152015-02-15T12:40:57.910-08:002015-02-15T12:40:57.910-08:00Senator Paul’s latest attack on Social Security di...Senator Paul’s latest attack on Social Security disability was only the latest salvo in a decades-long attempt by the Republicans to defund, destroy or privatize our Social Security system. But Paul’s attack on Social Security and disabled Americans wasn’t only heartless and offensive, it was also untrue. <br /><br />http://hosted2.ap.org/NHCON/c26bcf5af6bd4fda84f3e73888f72aef/Article_2015-01-14-US--GOP%202016-Paul/id-d321c3016c684f948a4eb7b79de4892a<br /><br />This wasn’t the first time Senator Paul has attacked Americans living with disabilities. In a 2010 interview, Senator Rand Paul said he supports abolishing the Americans with Disabilities Act – the landmark 1990 legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability – because it isn’t fair to business owners.<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/05/17/97499/rand-paul-ada/<br /><br />According to a report released in November by the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General, fraudulent Social Security Disability Insurance claims are exceedingly rare. Dean Baker wrote a great piece, and says fraud accounts for just 0.02% of all payments. He also notes: "It is also important to note that there are undoubtedly people who should be getting disability who have been wrongfully denied benefit. We could have workers dying of cancer or unable to work due a heart attack or stroke or other disability who an a judge somehow decided was not eligible. If we put more pressure on judges to turn down claims then there will be more people improperly denied benefits."<br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/ap-reports-that-998-percent-of-social-security-disability-payments-were-proper<br /><br />And as Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson noted recently, “America has one of the strictest disability standards in the developed world.”<br /><br />http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/statement-sen-rand-pauls-attack-social-security-americans-disabilities/<br /><br />* If Republicans voters want Social Security for themselves if they ever become disabled or want to eventually retire, then why do they vote for Republicans?<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-85302665510644464382015-02-12T08:03:36.476-08:002015-02-12T08:03:36.476-08:00Debate on Cuts to Social Security
Econospeak, in ...Debate on Cuts to Social Security<br /><br />Econospeak, in response to a post by Dean Baker, in response to an article at the Washington Post -- where it says, "Spending on other vital activities (from defense to financial regulation) is being sacrificed to cover the growing costs of a graying nation."<br /><br />Dean Baker sarcastically mentions defaulting on the national debt as one option, and Econospeak asks, "Effectively based on the law, cutting benefits to SS recipients amounts to a default on a promise; so is this better than defaulting on debt held by high income holders of that debt?" [I would have added, "Or to China?]<br /><br />All links here:<br /><br />http://econospeak.blogspot.com/2015/02/more-redux-robert-j-samuelson-goes.html<br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/robert-samuelson-is-unhappy-that-seniors-get-social-security-and-medicare<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-twisted-priorities-of-a-graying-nation/2015/02/08/a052c3a8-ae25-11e4-abe8-e1ef60ca26de_story.html<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com