The crime here is that when the scammers bankrupt the system, those people who really are disabled - along with senior citizens too old to work - will die. Some might have family - those who don't will die. Think about it.
Tax prep outfits on every street corner.
Sucking up those "earned income" credits
right from Uncle Sugar's mouth:
The EITC is a refundable tax credit. This means you may get money back, even if you have no tax withheld. Nationwide last year, almost 26.8 million eligible individuals and families received over $59.5 billion total in EITC.
Generally, the EITC has no effect on welfare benefits. In most cases, EITC payments will not be used to determine eligibility for Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), supplemental nutrition assistance program (food stamps), low-income housing or most Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) payments. Though unemployment benefits are not earned income, they are taxable and thus affect the amount of EITC you can receive.
$464 with no qualifying children $3,094 with one qualifying child $5,112 with two qualifying children $5,751 with three or more qualifying children
The shyster lawyers are everywhere, not just the ghetto. Plus, I doubt if many in the ghetto qualify. They never worked.
But lawers like Bender and Bender are playing a numbers game. They run ads and weed out the ones they don’t think they’ll make money on. They won’t take the case until you’re rejected the first time. Why? Because the SS regulations says the attorney can only collect 25% of the backpay. Then the only thing they do is fill out the forms. And if they win, and it’s a numbers game, they get 25% for filling out the paperwork.
And again I’ll say I don’t think there are that many doctors out there doing crooked stuff. The doctor doesn’t even reccommend to SS that you get disability. They simply send the medical files to SS.
What I do think happened is SS was way too lax on their requirements and more and more people were being approved. Now, they’ve tightened up, and like you say, people who should be getting SS disability are getting caught in the shuffle.