[snakeoil]

10,996,447: Disability Beneficiaries Hit New Record.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence ... new-record" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Remember: To claim disability you must not be able to do ANY job in the workplace.

[johnforbes]

11 million on SS disability

12 million illegals

47 million on food stamps

U-6 real unemployment 12.3 percent for April 2014

[snakeoil]

John-It looks pretty bad when the facts are laid out as you did. (I'm not saying your post is wrong, just that I think that it's time our "leaders" focused on what's wrong with this country As the old saying goes, "Lead, follow or get out of the way.")

[sillydaddy]

SS disability pays more, that's why.

[snakeoil]

I'm sure that there is a reasonable explanation for this.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/disa ... d-23856748" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[johnforbes]

I certainly respect cops and firemen for what they do, but California has very serious problems with overly generous retirement and disability pensions.

In California, a lot of fire/cop pensions are based on the last year or two or three of service, so people do a lot of OT to jack up those figures, then get very generous lifetime pensions.

This is one of the many reasons California towns are going broke.

[RealJustme]

In California, a lot of fire/cop pensions are based on the last year or two or three of service, so people do a lot of OT to jack up those figures, then get very generous lifetime pensions.

I agree, overtime shouldn't be computed into pensions since it allows the system to be manipulated at our expense.