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We have an aging population so it is expected that more older bodies will break down, but you were lying when you said that Obama was PUTTING people on disability. The fact remains that the number of NEW disability awards has been decreasing since 2010.Disability awards have been DECLINING since 2010.Also, lets keep in mind that Obama put about 1 million people extra on disability who otherwise would be counted as unemployed but even this would only move unemployment from the current 4.9 to 5.6%.
Newly released data from the Social Security Administration reveal that the number of Americans collecting disability payments is at an all-time high — 10,962,532 — more, to put to put it in perspective, than the total number of people living in Greece.
CNS News writes, “April was the 195th straight month that the number of American workers collecting federal disability payments increased. The last time the number of Americans collecting disability decreased was in January 1997.” But in 1997, that decrease was a miniscule one of just 249 people.
Record Number: 10.9 Million Americans Collecting Disability