I’m not saying that poor people shouldn’t vote, either. I think everybody should pay something in taxes. I think we should really look at who is collecting disability instead of working, as well.
SSDI has become a career path, and not a last resort for those truly unable to work.
I'm a strong believer that anyone abusing the disability system needs to be tried, and if convicted, sent to a half-ways house, or maybe a facility like the one run by Sheriff Arpaio in AZ, and made to perform hard, physical work, 40 hours a week, for how ever long they received disability payments.
There are people who really NEED disability, who paid into the system for years, yet they're denied, and it requires multiple appeals and thousands of dollars in lawyer fees (deducted from their disability payments!) over years to finally get approved. I have no problem paying for those who paid into the system, and who genuinely need the help.
I've had some physical problems for the last 4 years or so, when my Crohns disease REALLY did a number on me. But it gets me upset when people tell me that I should "get on disability." I want to work for as long as I can. I had to go on short term disability (private insurance my company pays for) 3 times over 4 years while I was recovering from illness and surgeries. While I was so thankful that my company planned to help employees in need, getting 60% of my salary for those months, helping to pay my bills, I couldn't wait to get back to work. I don't understand how people are able to "scam" the system. I guess they're just "wired" differently than me. But the abusers SHOULD be punished, HARD!
Mark