Stunning: Vast Majority Of Disability Recipients Have No Interest In Returning To Work

The Washington Examiner has analyzed federal survey data of disability recipients. Is this the “new normal” in America?

* Returning to work is not a goal for 71 percent of the SSDI recipients, 60 percent of the SSI recipients.

* 75 percent of the SSDI recipients don’t see themselves returning to work within five years, 65 percent of the SSI recipients don’t.

* 72 percent of the small number of SSDI recipients who started a job while on disability got cash under the table, as did 70 percent of the small number of SSI recipients who started a job while on disability.

* 24 percent of the SSDI recipients lack even GEDs, as do 43 percent of the SSI recipients.

A piece of our citizenry has lost its desire to work, to be self sufficient, to be productive, and to follow their hopes and dreams. There is no lack of access to programs that prepare a person to pursue a GED. Why are so many so ready to accept such a dreary economic fate?