I stopped at a local watering hole a couple of weeks ago. There were about 15 people in there that day, people that I have known for 10 to 20 years.
All of those folks there, are under 55 and able-bodied looking.
As I sat there, I counted 7 of them that I know for a fact are drawing Disability and 2 that have already applied for it and are waiting for a response.
At least 2 of those are working full time as carpenters on a cash basis.
One of those who works, says he can’t work at his Union Carpenter job because he can’t breathe, was chuckling about getting those $100 inhalers for free while he stood there with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
and the kicker....
one that I know has lived under the radar since 1980, pulled up in an older ‘Vette and wandered in wearing hospital type clothing.
Sporting a new Trach Tube and message board, he ordered up a beer and a glass and a towel. He then used a large syringe to suck up the suds and shoot them into his stomach tube.
Kinda lost my thirst after that.
OH
WOW
How disgustingly pathetic
Our entitlement spending is a fast moving locomotive headed for a cliff. What you just described is rampant everywhere. Fraud and abuse of the system is so out of control I’m not sure how we even fix it. But I know one thing, we could save working Americans billions of dollars if we cut back and re-evaluate, gut and fix the system.
Poor in America isn’t really poor. Unless, you call big screen TV’s and Coach purses and smart phones poor.