Thousands of people who were working through their disability (to their credit)decided it wasn’t worth the effort. They simply decided to go on the dole.
Disability has become the new “I can’t find a job” refuge.
For some. For the mentally and severely physically ill, it is a lifesaver. SSDI is what funds the developmentally handicapped baby, the severe schitzophrenic, the car accident traumatic brain injured, the industrial accident cripple. There is a lot of good in SSDI.