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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father has family members who live close to the town in this article. I wish I could say the people in the story are some kind of anomoly there, but unfortunately, they are not. [/quote]

This is the reality. The Wash Post did not find the one family doing this. Once the first family managed to work the system others perked up and took note for themselves.[/quote]

What they should be cracking down on is the social security office that these people are using. The one around here is incredibly strict and once you are in the 'appeals' pipeline you have little chance of being approved. First you go to an appeals board I think and then to a federal judge - I don't remember exactly but I had been speaking with a former social security judge who does appeals for people and she said it's pretty impossible to get approved. WaPo should interview some former judges - apparently if you approve too many people (which this lady said is basically anyone) you get demoted and pushed out the door after being made to absolutely hate your life. [/quote]

I have no doubt this is true for you and others posting here. I am sure that white collar job holders in large metro areas who are educated face a very long and hard road to getting disability. But I don't believe the same is true for blue collar indivudals in rural areas. The former are less likely to have physical disabilities that limit their jobs bc their jobs are not manual labor.

So yes, it might be hard for you to get disability but for the rural families mentioned in he article? The path is easier and as long as one perseveres through the appeals has a good chance of being successful. [/quote]

Especially if the applicant doesn't even have a high school diploma.   There are very few "light labor" or desk jobs available to people without a high school diploma.[/quote]

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