irishspirit
3rd January 2011, 12:46
"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."
Sen. Tom Coburn, Dec. 1, 2010, in a meeting of the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission
The ruling
At a meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform — the Simpson-Bowles commission tasked with finding a solution to deficits — one panel member, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., cited disability payments as an example of government spending "out of control."
"We've created dependency," he said. "And one great example is one in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled, and when the law says you're only disabled if there's no job in the economy you can perform, and we don't address that issue in this plan."
http://www.tampabay.com/news/sen-tom-coburns-claim-on-percentage-of-ssdi-ssi-recipients-is-on-the-mark/1140768
Sen. Tom Coburn, Dec. 1, 2010, in a meeting of the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission
The ruling
At a meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform — the Simpson-Bowles commission tasked with finding a solution to deficits — one panel member, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., cited disability payments as an example of government spending "out of control."
"We've created dependency," he said. "And one great example is one in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled, and when the law says you're only disabled if there's no job in the economy you can perform, and we don't address that issue in this plan."
http://www.tampabay.com/news/sen-tom-coburns-claim-on-percentage-of-ssdi-ssi-recipients-is-on-the-mark/1140768