Congress wants to spend billions to kick people off disability

The spirit of Hitler comes to life in Congress, as they step up their war against the disabled - including veterans.

The congressional thought police keeps gabbing about how they don't have the money to fund Social Security - but now all of a sudden they can come up with the dough to kick people off.

Congressional number crunchers estimate that Social Security's disability trust fund - which finances SSI and SSDI - will go broke around 2017. This wouldn't have happened if the Bush regime hadn't looted it to pay for the illegal Iraq War - but nobody's paying attention to that part of the story. In response to this warning, Republicans in Congress now want $4,000,000,000 for a program to kick people off disability. This expense was authorized by the Tea Party-backed debt ceiling law.

Now you know what became of the brats you remember from school who slapped special ed kids around. They're in Congress now. It's obvious this isn't about cutting the budget, because it'll cost more than it'll save. It's about sheer, unchecked nastiness.

They need to expand disability payments, not slash them. If Congress has $4,000,000,000 just sitting around, why not? Fact is, it's already virtually impossible to qualify for SSI or SSDI - because a right-wing Congress already tightened eligibility requirements in the mid-'90s.

This issue wouldn't be as urgent if the right to a job was respected. Some disability recipients would be able to find gainful employment if their field of work still existed in the American economy - instead of being eliminated by market-driven greed. America's economic gatekeepers have long been full of excuses, key among them being that some fields of work aren't supportable by the market economy. I don't give a damn what the market economy supports. For society to be truly free, all fields must be supported.

When the workforce's right to a job is not respected, Republicans have no right complaining if folks end up collecting disability or even welfare. Not every person with PTSD is able to work in an enclosed, poorly ventilated space 9 hours a day. If you're not familiar with this condition, all you need to do is visit a search engine to learn that such a job can be life-threatening to PTSD victims.

Congressional Republicans and the Tea Parties don't understand work because they've never had to do any work like we have.

Did you think I was just joking when I said the Tea Party's debt ceiling bill would result in Social Security being cut off? That entry isn't so funny now, is it?

Be prepared.

(Source: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/nation/social-security-disability-on-verge-of-insolvency-1769240.html)