Recently a blog was posted implying that disability fraud was a major problem and contributes to our national debt. I have done some research and can find no factual basis from government sources that this is true.<\/p>\n
Using a little common sense should be enough to dispel this myth. Disability payments make up a very small amount of our national budget. In fact, the cost of investigation and persecution of fraud in the disability program may be higher than the fraud itself, especially if prison sentences are involved. The cost per month for incarceration of one person is much higher than any monthly disability check would have been.<\/p>\n
Our national debt exceeds 14 trillion dollars. If anyone is really serious about curtailing it, they would go after the real high cost items in the budget. These include corporate welfare, tax breaks for the rich, mandatory prison sentencing, the war on drugs, the high costs of unneeded military weapons and many other budget items that could be cut without harming those who need a safety net.<\/p>\n
It appears that it is easier to go after those who have no power and no voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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