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61. Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable

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Wed May 24, 2017, 03:31 AM

May 2017

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WH Budget Chief: " I Hope Fewer People Get Social Security Disability Insurance" [View all] Stuart G May 2017 OP

A lot of chump supporters receive ssi disabilty kimbutgar May 2017 #1

I don't think so. Will "Fox News" report it?,,,? Stuart G May 2017 #2

They'll just parrot "It would be worse under Hillary" The Mouth May 2017 #3

Welcome to Democratic Underground...!! Stuart G May 2017 #4

Thank you The Mouth May 2017 #9

Welcome to DU, The Mouth! calimary May 2017 #7

Thank you The Mouth May 2017 #11

Exactly what a Trump supporter friend of mine said last week egold2604 May 2017 #64

welcome to du niyad May 2017 #84

Thanks! The Mouth May 2017 #129

hi leetexy May 2017 #14

Hi John, progressoid May 2017 #39

welcome to du niyad May 2017 #82

Welcome to DU, to you too, leetexy! calimary May 2017 #89

Welcome The Mouth May 2017 #141

Trump campaigned in this FakeNoose May 2017 #25

SSI & SSDI dajoki May 2017 #138

Trump said he was doing away with SSDI disability payments FakeNoose May 2017 #147

Yes the do elmac May 2017 #28

He is a sadistic asshole liberal N proud May 2017 #5

YES! With a visage like a kindly uncle, complete with reading glasses. WinkyDink May 2017 #37

Many people know someone Marthe48 May 2017 #6

THIS maxsolomon May 2017 #10

Work the harvest in places where PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #33

I have people who glare at me and treat me badly if they find out that Doreen May 2017 #60

So true CountAllVotes May 2017 #102

I can make people jaws drop when I ask them how they would Doreen May 2017 #104

Attitude adjustment CountAllVotes May 2017 #112

we have got to stick together dajoki May 2017 #139

My sister knows why he's on SSDI maxsolomon May 2017 #126

Yep, There Are Certainly RobinA May 2017 #66

Or a rich freeloader that wants MORE NOW CountAllVotes May 2017 #105

Part of the problem is the groundwork has already been laid to kick people off. haele May 2017 #123

It isn't can they work a little. it is about being able to perform full-time 58Sunliner May 2017 #81

Who they THINK doesn't deserve it, at least. alarimer May 2017 #124

Exactly my point Marthe48 May 2017 #127

Yes, it is. alarimer May 2017 #134

It is out there Marthe48 May 2017 #136

Trump's America is Dickensian bucolic_frolic May 2017 #8

You are so right about that!! n/t dajoki May 2017 #140

Problems with SSDI Honeycombe8 May 2017 #12

About the so called "frauds" Stuart G May 2017 #16

Since when does Judge Judy deal with these issues? Her cases are all civil, person v. person. HOW WinkyDink May 2017 #38

She often asks people if they work & how they get their money to live. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #45

1.) "College aid" is irrelevant here. 2.) You cited no example of "SSDI Fraud." WinkyDink May 2017 #46

Yes, I did. Re-read the post. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #50

Again, TV ratings, just like Gerry Springer MiddleClass May 2017 #99

You do know it's all for TV ratings, don't you MiddleClass May 2017 #98

I worked as a litigation paralegal for 40 years. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #128

I totally agree, technically, your right on how it's funded, MiddleClass May 2017 #132

I hope you realize there are disabilities you can't see TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #65

I Think We Can RobinA May 2017 #68

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes May 2017 #110

This Is a Peeve RobinA May 2017 #67

SSDI for someone who's has never worked is about $705 per month underpants May 2017 #80

SSDI is Social Security Disability Insurance just like regular insurance MiddleClass May 2017 #93

Oops my bad underpants May 2017 #96

That's cool, I guess you could call it rhetorical. Directed to inform the readers, MiddleClass May 2017 #100

That's SSI TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #131

Really-Judge Judy and you are the expert. Give me a fu***** break. 58Sunliner May 2017 #85

That's an intelligent response. Very persuasive. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #130

My question? MiddleClass May 2017 #87

You might be confusing SSI and SSDI jesskirablue42 May 2017 #103

Yes the jobs you had for 10 years CountAllVotes May 2017 #107

SSDI is an earned benefit we all pay into! yallerdawg May 2017 #13

Your compassion reflects your kindness. crosinski May 2017 #26

You can be very young without having worked much at all, and qualify for SSDI. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #49

You are confusing SSDI with SSI Tursiops May 2017 #63

With Some Exceptions RobinA May 2017 #69

If you are under 18, disabled, mentally or physically, you qualify under your parents earnings, MiddleClass May 2017 #106

SSDI (if younger than 31...you only have to had worked minimally) Honeycombe8 May 2017 #95

Here's a chart that I posted a few years ago. Quackers May 2017 #52

Thanks for this. I got it first try so didn't know how brutal it is. Kittycow May 2017 #59

This is excellent and... WePurrsevere May 2017 #90

Spot on! CountAllVotes May 2017 #108

SSDI is part of Social Security (FICA). Honeycombe8 May 2017 #48

Let's go to an authority on this matter, shall we? yallerdawg May 2017 #70

Exactly. It's part of the SS funding, and if you are young, .... Honeycombe8 May 2017 #97

You pay into it for yourself CountAllVotes May 2017 #111

My wife is 100% disabled. yallerdawg May 2017 #114

SSI is state funded CountAllVotes May 2017 #115

My wife is evaluated and certified every 2 years by Social Security Administration. yallerdawg May 2017 #117

Same here CountAllVotes May 2017 #120

And when will we hear comparable "reporting" not fooled May 2017 #15

They always say that cutting the budget is the way to counter fraud. Kablooie May 2017 #17

That is an outright lie....Once under Bush..Social Security Department hadled Stuart G May 2017 #153

SSDI is a cottage industry in Trump country. keithbvadu2 May 2017 #18

People get hurt, people have no resources, they can not be retrained to another job. 58Sunliner May 2017 #91

Being without a job is not a disability. keithbvadu2 May 2017 #94

Should play this as a commercial on faux news shows. kacekwl May 2017 #19

The amount many on disability get is below the poverty level. nt cstanleytech May 2017 #20

People who do the harder, labor intensive jobs orangecrush May 2017 #21

I'm disabled. SonofDonald May 2017 #24

Thank You for sharing your life experience. I like this one sentence... Stuart G May 2017 #40

Thanks for standing up orangecrush May 2017 #56

we need people like you to speak out Skittles May 2017 #62

If I could find a forum to do so. SonofDonald May 2017 #71

I hear you Skittles May 2017 #122

+1 CountAllVotes May 2017 #118

If they would only listen to us. SonofDonald May 2017 #149

mulvaney is cruel, heartless, barbtries May 2017 #22

These people are just bastards florida08 May 2017 #23

You're allowed to earn some money while drawing disability. crosinski May 2017 #31

Yes you can earn money, but it is taken out of SSDI the amount you earn. 58Sunliner May 2017 #92

Right on the money SonofDonald May 2017 #72

He's pure evil. George II May 2017 #27

It can be done ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #29

Please tell me when exactly the American people MiddleClass May 2017 #30

My theory? When Robin Leach introduced "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." Envy and worship WinkyDink May 2017 #44

never could stand that program. you may be correct. niyad May 2017 #88

You know, I think you're right. MiddleClass May 2017 #116

Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles May 2017 #61

welcome to du. a most excellent question. niyad May 2017 #86

Thank you, a little perspective is needed. These days MiddleClass May 2017 #133

Rayguns...the 80s...greed is good remember? workinclasszero May 2017 #155

This guy is really something PatSeg May 2017 #32

I'm not saying I wish an awful demise upon him. I'm just saying. WinkyDink May 2017 #42

Of course not PatSeg May 2017 #54

Republicans aren't intelligent enough to realize how ugly they look to human beings. Judi Lynn May 2017 #34

Karma is waiting Paula Sims May 2017 #35

Of course, besides his complete EVIL, MM ignores the reality that many SSDI recipients were once not WinkyDink May 2017 #36

Is it wrong that part of me wants these people to get horrible, incurable diseases? Initech May 2017 #41

If that's wrong, I don't want to be right. WinkyDink May 2017 #43

SS really investigates folks before they get disability rurallib May 2017 #47

I shared this upthread Quackers May 2017 #53

I applied for SSDI... mbusby May 2017 #55

Same for my daughter. Plus, no one's mentioned the williesgirl May 2017 #58

Sadly, GatoGordo May 2017 #144

No one can disagree with that, but the problem is far, FAR smaller Hortensis May 2017 #146

You are correct SonofDonald May 2017 #150

Is it rude of me to wish Mr. Mulvaney Purple Dinger May 2017 #51

My cousin with MD AwakeAtLast May 2017 #57

They want to give us a choice--can't choose not to have diabetes and heart disease librechik May 2017 #73

WH Budget kirene1957 May 2017 #74

This is the TRUE death panel...... wolfie001 May 2017 #75

This asshat MFM008 May 2017 #76

I seriously believe that they are trying to "Thin Out the Herd". maveric May 2017 #77

F/U Mulvaney. For every one SSDI scammer, there's 100 disabled citizens that have been denied SSDI haele May 2017 #78

So true CountAllVotes May 2017 #119

The rural working white class voters were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires May 2017 #79

and I hope that you, and all the members of his maladministration, and all the fuckers who niyad May 2017 #83

A woman I know sustained an insurmountable spine injury. no_hypocrisy May 2017 #101

I'll bet Mick Mulvaney would change his tune if his name was on the SSDI list. usaf-vet May 2017 #109

"And now I'm off to church." kimmylavin May 2017 #113

K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 May 2017 #121

We ALL pay the benefits, asshole. ProfessorPlum May 2017 #125

I hope this Koch desciple hits a brick wall on his way home and has his spine severed . He needs to geretogo May 2017 #135

GOD!! I really hate Republicans... yuiyoshida May 2017 #137

i worked for a cap agency when reagun came in ...overnight the rejections blew up dembotoz May 2017 #142

This is the latest Republican Newspeak talking point. Orsino May 2017 #143

I'm not surprised a freak like Mulvaney would say something like this. Most of the right-wing Lanius May 2017 #145

and I hope you rot in hell Alice11111 May 2017 #148

SSI is an abused program...we all should demand only those in need beachbum bob May 2017 #151

Do explain exactly how much it costs you in your paycheck? MiddleClass May 2017 #152

You have no idea of what you're talking about. Why don't you worry about fraud in the give-aways to WinkyDink May 2017 #156

I know someone who has spina bifida radical noodle May 2017 #154