Is the system broke?

Question

Should alcoholics, druggies and fat people be allowed to collect disability? Or, is the system broke because it allows these people to collect?

Yes, if you have a legitimate disability you should be assisted, however, these are the result of choices you have made in your life. A person chooses to do drugs, to drink and to over eat to the point of obesity. And it is easier for most of them to get disability checks than many with ligitimate claims.

So, the question is two fold...is the system broke, and if so how do we fix it?

Answer 1

I work on the front lines for the government and you would not believe the bums that live at home with mom and dad at 25+ years old. You can only blame mom and dad for allowing it. It's to bad that mom and dad allow thier kids to sponge off of them. When mom and dad are gone guess who the kids will be sponging off of then. you got it. you and I the taxpayers. I guess mom and dad hate thier children or they would teach them to fend for themselves and not be deadbeats.

Answer 2

No they should not be given free money if they do I'm going to start drinking,smoking dope, and gain 200 pounds,

Answer 3

No..it's not broke. It provides for those with disabilities. Who said that alcholism, and drug addictions, and obesity aren't disabilities??

Answer 4

its going to be a problem that is with us as long as there are people.  How do you sort out the REAL needy people from the ones who should just straighten up and get their act together.  and for that.... I really don't know!

However, the system is broken!

and Bush and  Cheney should be busted!

Answer 5

They should not be allowed to collect disability.  Most obese are self-inflicted.  Addicts should be locked away from society.  The law abiding people must be the ones protected.  

1. Fixing it starts at your local town committee.  Show up at the GOP and get on to the committee.  Get more like minded.  Current town committees are filled with agenda filled people who want something from the system.

2. Vote in primaries for real Republicans.  

If Republicans declared political war on democrats who give away the money of hard working Americans to lazy people who will not work, they would win big.

Answer 6

I'd say it's more corrupted. I think the way to fix it is to listen to the people of america instead of big business. Big business doesn't care about people, it only cares about money.

Answer 7

Alchoholism and drug addiction aren't considered disabilities anymore. You can't collect Social Security if those are your problems. I have a hard time believing being fat allows you to be elgible either. It takes about 3 years to be able to collect. I think that's making sure you really need it. Takes lots of medical documentation. One person collecting money they don't deserve is too many, but some need it. I'm one of those people that really need the support and feel horrible about it because of people like you. I even used to feel the same way.

Answer 8

yes, the system is broken.

a clarification here,  people used to could get on disability for the reasons that you listed, they no longer can get on disability for these reasons.  the laws were changed a few years ago.  the ones already on disability for alcohol/drugs/etc. were granfathered in.

this law  change was only a minor inconvience to them.  they found new ways.  they claim to have seizures or bad back or some other hard to disprove ailment.  i know many, many  people doing this.  they get on disability, nothing is wrong with them,  they do work on the side for cash.

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how to fix?  i know a few things.  if any DHR employee ever gets caught knowingly falsifying documents,  they should be fired, lose all retirement and never get another govt job again. (DHR employees, many times are friends or acquaintainces of applicants.)

anybody on disability with "seizures" should not be allowed to have a drivers liscence.

to be declared disabled, a doctor has to sign off, agreeing that there is a disability.( this is currently done).  any doctor falsifying medical diagnoses, should have huge fines and temoporary lose medical liscence.  ( where i live there is a doctor "on the take", everybody knows this.  he will approve all of these BS health claims).

it should be encouraged for the public  to report people faking.  this should be done  anonomously.  when someone is reported,  investigators should be able to observe the  culprit and kick him off.

anyone caught defrauding the system should face jail time,  no government housing or anything else.

i have a few more suggestions, but tired of typing.

the system is a mess.

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one more thing-- when someone has a legitimate  problem like a bad knee, that prevents him from working in his construction job,  well he needs to get a job selling insurance or working at a computer  something that doesnt require climbing and lifting.  just because he cant do his choice,  there are plenty of other jobs out there.