[FunkyZero]

You would be surprised.
My mother, now 61, had to stop working 2 years ago because of a series of heart attacks. She was warned that if she continued returning to work, she could expect to end up dead. She applied for disability 1 1/2 years ago and has been turned down multiple times and is going through an arbitration process of some sort at this time. They keep refusing her benefits and she's a candidate if I ever saw one. I'm not up to date on the details, but she is definitely unfit for work of just about any kind except maybe a low-stress desk job (if that even exists). She's not even supposed to be on her feet for more than 20 minutes at a time.

I'm not sure how all the lowlifes end up drawing disability checks because at least in her case, you have to go to war in order to get on the service and even then, it doesn't look like she is going to be approved.

[circlecity]

"I'm not sure how all the lowlifes end up drawing disability checks because at least in her case, you have to go to war in order to get on the service and even then, it doesn't look like she is going to be approved."

That was my point. White, middle class people with true physical infirmities can hardly get it and even those who are successful work for years to get it approved. If you're an unemployable inner city drop-out with a drug and alcohol problem you'll be on the dole within 6 months.

[PapaBear3625]

My mother, now 61, had to stop working 2 years ago because of a series of heart attacks. She was warned that if she continued returning to work, she could expect to end up dead. She applied for disability 1 1/2 years ago and has been turned down multiple times and is going through an arbitration process of some sort at this time. They keep refusing her benefits and she's a candidate if I ever saw one. I'm not up to date on the details, but she is definitely unfit for work of just about any kind except maybe a low-stress desk job (if that even exists). She's not even supposed to be on her feet for more than 20 minutes at a time.

I suspect the probability of getting on disability increases if your Democratic precinct captain tells the right people that you are a reliable Dem voter.