The startling rise of disability in America....this will get your blood flowing.
http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/
It isn’t just disability. Just think you are a young couple on the edge of poverty with 2 kids and you were both working. One of you lost your job and stayed home with the kids and you realized that savings, then you got on food stamps, and someone referred you to HUD housing and you get Medicaid and there is no need to even look for another job. You can get by as well or better than you did when both of you worked.