SSDI fund to run out of money by 2016

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Heard this on the news this morning. Isn't it about time our congresscritters do something to reform the system, like raise taxes, as well as reduce the waste and abuse?

Dream on. The Liberals have One Main Goal. To redistribute the wealth. And the Republican Conservatives have One Main Goal, to make Obama and his buddies look bad.

ruveyn

ha out goverment doing something constructive thats a laugh

I started a related thread (discussing the Medicare and "total" Social Security trust funds) in PPR:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt232207.html

I have to admit I'm not entirely clear on this, does the disability program have a "reduction" clause that reduces current benefits if it's trust fund has a negative balance? If that's the case, congress would have to take action. If that's not the case (ie, nothing changes), then Congress can do what it does best......nothing.

Raise taxes? The American people have been taxed enough as it is! Some of them are barely getting by because they're overtaxed.

Is it not more likely that they will find a way to declare most of the disabled fully able, and cast them onto their own resources?

"We believe these services are best delivered at the local level. Towns and cities can beter determine how to spend their money on those currently receiving SSDI assistance who are truly needy. But the system has been abused for far too long and it's become a drain on small business owners and the hardworking men and women who make this nation great..."

For some reason, the memorable moment from "Goldfinger" comes to mind:
"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

For the good of the nation (and particularly those with incomes over 250,000 per annum) please just let your disabled ones die.

That guy from Cornwall will be seen as a visionary.

My family already owes $44,000. I'm serious! This all began as soon as I got off on Spring Break. Two months of unpaid mortgage payments because we were too busy spending money to fix our broken water system (and the people who helped did a half-assed job of it making us spend even more money trying to fix THAT too) and then some idiot drove into our mailbox and then the electric company screws us over like they do every year with a $421 elec bill (were they even doing the math right?). Our entire Tax refund which was the highest we've seen in a while went freakin' POOF and then some after all that. And now for the insult to our injuries, the student loans from when my parents were in college have finally come back to haunt us. They never got my parents anywhere in the first place. No more taxes over here please! Tax somebody else. We've reached our limit. We've slowly begun to recover and are now making payments. I'm already planning to drop out of college temporarily to reduce the spending. My middle brother just graduated from High School and he's going to take driving lessons.

raise taxes for the 1%