Trump tricked into slashing Social Security Disability?

Question

Are you dumshiats happy now? Trump is so stupid he has no idea what's even going on.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/01/mick-mulvaney-omb-trump-budget-profile-feature-215546

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“Look, this is my idea on how to reform Social Security,” the former South Carolina congressman began.

“No!” the president replied. “I told people we wouldn’t do that. What’s next?”

“Well, here are some Medicare reforms,” Mulvaney said.

“No!” Trump repeated. “I’m not doing that.”

“OK, disability insurance.”

This was a clever twist. Mulvaney was talking about the Social Security Disability Insurance program, which, as its full name indicates, is part of Social Security. But Americans don’t tend to think of it as Social Security, and its 11 million beneficiaries are not the senior citizens who tend to support Trump.

“Tell me about that,” Trump replied.

“It’s welfare,” Mulvaney said.

“OK, we can fix welfare,” Trump declared.

Sure enough, the Trump budget plan that Mulvaney unveiled a few weeks later would cut about $70 billion in disability benefits over a decade, mostly through unspecified efforts to get recipients back to work. That may sound like welfare reform, but the program isn’t welfare for the poor; it’s insurance for workers who pay into Social Security through payroll taxes.
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Answer 1

Makes me glad I am old enough to have transitioned from SSDI to straight SSI!

Answer 2

Social security should be phased out completely.

Answer 3

Good.



The fact that disability rolls exploded while the unemployment rate was going down just shows its filled with fraud. No gov program has more fraud than disability.

Mere fact that it takes a lawyer to get it is proof enough.



If you find evidence of any truly disabled person who has their benefits cut, then you can cry.

Answer 4

Disability is so abused. I know so many people in AA or in life or just don't want to work.

Answer 5

how do they expect mentally/physically disable people to work?