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Mark Warshawsky describes one way in which Social Security’s oversight agency is falling short of its responsibilities. One of the main ways the Social Security Administration (SSA) determines whether or…
That’s a line from a Labor Day blog post by John McGinnis. After noting that : Sigmund Freud was not right about everything, but he was certainly correct that love and work are…
A recent Investor’s Business Daily editorial offers a disturbing picture of the federal government Barack Obama will bequeath to his successor. When President Obama released his first budget plan in…
Matthew Philips documents for Bloomberg Businessweek the poor long-term outlook for Social Security’s disability benefits. An audit by the Office of the Inspector General released on June 4 estimates that…
Jim McTague‘s latest “D.C. Current” column in Barron’s contends the president’s Social Security plan fails to address key problems. Leave the country’s biggest fiscal mess for the next guy. That…
From Reuters: A massive ongoing investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office had, in January, led to disability fraud charges against 106 suspects – 80 of them retired New…
John Stossel devotes his latest column to a disturbing growth in the number of Americans claiming to be victims who deserve some form of government relief. Joe Biden’s niece was…
One reason is that it has become increasingly easy to collect disability benefits. Cato’s Chris Edwards discusses that trend in this post. Even NPR and 60 Minutes have taken notice…
The latest addition to the libertarian Cato Institute’s “Downsizing Government” site focuses on the Social Security Administration. Cato’s Chris Edwards offers the following brief synopsis: Everybody is familiar with the…
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…
There is scandalous, rampant fraud in the federal employee disability program, which pays benefits to about 250,000 people. Federal employees who were receiving monthly disability benefits thanks to workplace injuries have…
This Washington Examiner editorial highlights the large amount of fraud in disability claims by federal employees. As Murray Rothbard liked to say, the real class struggle is not between workers…