It’s Official: More People Now Accepting Disability Benefits Than Live in NYC
- Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:00pm by
Erica Ritz
- Print »
- Email »
(Photo: AP)
Politicians often discuss the “welfare state” or the “entitlement society” that they believe America is unwittingly sinking in to, but the latest statistics from the Social Security Administration provide a disturbingly clear illustration of just how far we have come.
In June of 1992, there were about 35.5 people working for each person who accepted disability checks. By May of 2012, that dynamic had shifted so drastically that there are now roughly only 16.3 people working for each person accepting the checks, according to the Social Security Administration.
To put that in perspective, the number of beneficiaries has grown so large that it now exceeds the population of New York City.
To give you some raw numbers, in June of 1992, there were 118,419,000 people employed in the United States and 3,334,333 workers accepting federal disability payments. By May of 2012, there were 142,287,000 people employed in the United States, and 8,707,185 people accepting disability payments.
As you can see, we barely have more jobs than we did in 1992, but have more than doubled the number of people accepting benefits.
But that’s not all.
CNS News, which broke the story Monday, notes that it isn’t only the disabled workers who accept the disability checks. For many, both spouses and children also receive supplementary income, and if you factor in their numbers, a staggering total of 10,806,335 people accepted disability payments in May.
The average check for a disabled worker was $1,111.18, while spouses generally received close to $298.41, and children $330.98.
(Photo: Getty Images)
It isn’t surprising, then, that the Social Security System’s Disability Insurance Trust Fund has run deficits for each of the last three fiscal years. CNS News writes: “In fiscal 2009, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund deficit was $8.5 billion. In fiscal 2010, it was $20.8 billion. And in fiscal 2011, it was $25.3 billion.”
The official website for disability benefits also advertises “other benefits you may be able to get.” Among them are medicare, low-income medicare (where the state could cover your premiums, deductibles, and other “out of pocket” expenses), and food stamps. Children receive benefits until they are 18, but can continue receiving if they go to school full-time by age 19 or become disabled by the time they are 22. The child can also receive benefits during a fourth month vacation period, if they plan to go back to school at the end of it. The site also clarifies that once you hit retirement age, your disability benefits automatically convert to retirement benefits.
Doug Powers of Michelle Malkin’s website notes that it also isn’t rare for people to apply for disability after their long-term unemployment benefits run out.
Which leaves many asking: do we really have more than 8 million people who physically cannot work in this country, or are people taking advantage of benefits rightly set aside for the disabled?
The government’s definition of the term is rather loose: “We consider you disabled under Social Security rules if: You cannot do work that you did before; we decide that you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition(s); and your disability has lasted or is expected to last for at least one year or to result in death.”
Click here for a list of impairments that qualify.
One Twitter user wrote of the statistics: “We ARE Europe,” lamenting our seeming transition to an entitlement society. Whether or not that’s true, one thing is certain: between ever-increasing beneficiaries and extremely slow growth in the sector that provides for them, the situation is mathematically unsustainable.
(H/T: CNS News)
Popular Stories
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 700 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 530 Comments
‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 359 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 356 Comments
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 347 Comments
Faith
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 347 Comments
Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 359 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
- President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 272 Comments
- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 148 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 302 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 347 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (78)
eric6161
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 7:52amIn Texas anyone who is arrested in asked why they held up the gas station or whatever. If they say they were depressed (which 99% do) they are given disability and told they can never work again. If their first check doesn’t come in for a year because of backlogs they get a check with back pay on it. Some of these checks can be $10k to $25k. These people aren’t all aa but no matter the race they all spend the money as fast as it comes in…doing their part to stimulate the economy.
Report Post »I know of several that threw lavish parties… and these being felons what kind of parties do they throw? Drug parties… Not all do that many like to buy your typical big screen tvs and one even used some money to buy a horse. It just makes a depressed person feel better so they don’t rob a Walmart ever again… or they might lose their 3000 square foot house the government is giving them.
jujubeebee
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 7:04amThey need to divide this into a racial study like they do everything else. The A Americans get their own doctor to say they are disabled so they can receive benefits. No one has the guts to examine or question certain races over the validity of it. This scam has been going on for years.
Report Post »RJHoward
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 3:48am“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” – Thomas Jefferson
Report Post »RJHoward
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 3:40am“Dependence begets subservience” – Thomas Jefferson
Report Post »RJHoward
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 3:13amdisability has gotten ridiculous. You can get 30% for claiming a ringing in your ears. Seriously? how does that affect your ability to work?
Report Post »MrKnowItAll
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 1:24amMy Wife and I were both working. Earning over $100,000 a year. Every two weeks I would sit at my Table on our bi-weekly payday and pay the bills. My three kids I could buy little for. Giving money for them to go anywhere was tough. This is back in 2003. The company I worked for used the 9/11 tragedy to get rid of many people. Even those with over 15 years of service. All while claiming we were at War and they needed to cut back. 20% Salary Cut. All while Business Tripled. I saw this Disability thing coming back then. Everyone who was let go that had years in the company filed for S.S.D. Most received it. Claiming STRESS! I thought at that time if this is all it takes. We are in BIG Trouble and the Roles will become unsustainable.Boy! Was I right.
Report Post »Get off your butt and join the Marines
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 11:03pmAll of you self-righteous, better than thou hypocrite/liars need to wake up and smell the coffee. I am fairly certain (maybe about 98% certain), that if you or your husband or wife, as the case may be, ever needed disability benefits, you would certainly apply for and collect, disability money.
I am 52 years old now. I had a paper route when I was 13-years old growing up in NYC. When I was 16 I was attending a Catholic HS and worked two jobs. I worked as a busboy/waiter at a banquet hall and I also did construction work. I got very good grades in HS and I ultimately went to college and then to graduate school for a Master of Science degree. I worked for 27-years at a career I loved.
Over the past several years I required 3 cervical -spine fusion surgeries. After tjhe first two, I had great relief and returned to work as quickly as possible after the surgeries. However, after my third cervical fusion surgery, I was in worse pain after the surgery then I was in prior to the surgery, and it is chronic pain from damaged nerves from spinal stenosis, spondylosis, scoliosis, along with musculoskeletal pain from scar tissue and from titanium rods, plates, and screws from the spinal hardware in my neck, and last but not least, severe arthritus.
I cannot work and I currently collect disability. I used to love work and am now very bored. I collect about ten times less money from disability compared to my prior salary. I have a wife, two kids, and a house, oh, and a dog. I woul
Report Post »Get off your butt and join the Marines
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 11:17pmI would do anything to be able to go back to work! This is the first time that I ever needed to collect any money from government benefits. While the amount of money I get is piss-poor, I am grateful to be getting it. I am also fortunate that we had made some good investments over the years and hopefully we won’t have any “major” problems like losing our house to foreclosure!
Anyway, all of you people claiming that all people collecting benefits are stupid and lazy, suckling on the big-government teats are wrong! Sure, there are people collecting disability benefits who are likely not disabled, and truly are just stupid and lazy, but from my short ‘history’ with disability, many people truly are disabled and need help.
Oh, and I am willing to bet the farm that if you were in a situation similar to mine, you would collect monetary benefits also! Even though it would make you a liar and a hypocrite!
Report Post »freeberty
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 11:28pmWell that’s great, you have investment income and your still able to steal money out of other peoples pocket. Good for you!
Report Post »normalmom
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 12:07amYes there are truly disabled people getting disability, like in your case. There are so many who are getting disability for being fat or some other lame reason.
Report Post »Ragnars Repos
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 12:22amGovernment ‘freebies’ are the gateway drug.
Communism is heroin.
Obama is your freedom on drugs.
It’s time for intervention, patriots!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 12:24amAll day long… Lawyers Advertise to help people get Disability… BECAUSE they take a Cut… for finding a Liberal Judge who will approve Hangnail Claims!
The System is CORRUPT… even if some deserving are helped!
Report Post »Get off your butt and join the Marines
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:43amFREEBERTY – You are totally clueless! Yes, I have some investments and investment income (like most people)but its not like I’m a Thurston Howell, III or a Willard ‘Mitt’ Romney, or any pro athlete or hollywood actor, or CEO, …… My relatively average investments grew very nicely during the 90′s digital revolution and dotcom bubble, just like everyone else’s. Unfortunately, my investment savings is starting to accelerate in the wrong direction!
This is quite scary since I am “only” 52-yrs old!
NORMALMOM, RAGNARS REPOS, & LUKERW – Disability along with any other type of government assistance will always have people scamming the system or at least trying to scam the system. Having said that, the answer to this problem is not to get rid of this or other ‘safety nets’, the solution is to do a better job of making sure that individuals do not scam the system and that only individuals that truly qualify for whatever actually get the assistance.
I have seen many of the TV advertisements that LUKERW mentions regarding the law firms looking for people to “help” [intentional sarcasm] apply for and recieve Social Security Disability for a chunk of the ‘money pie’! This is ridiculous, and is a whole DIFFERENT problem of its own.
I did not require any lawyers, and was labeled disabled according to their definition. In my opinion, if you truly are disabled to the extent of their requirements : No Lawyers are Needed !
Report Post »eric6161
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 8:05amMany of us are just like you. Been there done that. Thank goodness my arthritis is treated by a good doctor and while he won‘t ever cure it I don’t need my crutches any longer… my disks were successfully operated on and back pain is much less than before. Could I claim disability? sure I could… but then I would never be able to slam others that do.
Report Post »I never had medical insurance before my wifes company made her take it. I did have a policy that with a $5000 deductible in case I had a heart attack or cancer. I saved up the $5000 and put that into a bank account in case I ever needed the medical care. For regular treatment I would figure what something was worth and make deals with doctors and pay them in cash. Sometimes I had to talk with 4 or 5 doctors before i could make a deal but I always made a deal.
I needed an mri on my back and I went into the office and asked if I could get one and the nurse told me it was $1500. I told her I only had $300 in cash. The doctor stood up took my money and told the nurse to set me up.
progressiveslayer
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:34pmThe Marxist POS will be satisfied when we’re all on welfare and government health insurance,all that control makes Barry orgasmic with the thought of every American a slave to government.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:22pmwow if you want to destroy and collapse big goverment we should make them spend millions per person on welfare and disability for all Americans and very soon the goverment would implode and fall and i think if enough efforts were made the stupid people in power would do it, yay 7 figures not working just imagine that lol.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:25pmthose who say inflation we make goverment put price controls and than there is nothing and no goverment and than we can get things going again.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:28pmIf your goal is to “collapse and destroy” the government (big or not), good luck to ya. You’ll need it.
Report Post »P.S. I suggest, in that event, that you don’t approach within a mile of my house. Just to be safe.
soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:33pmeveryone is getting subsidized or handouts these days. Is there any honor anymore in not taking federal money? It’s becoming a wealth transfer tool from the conservatives to the liberals
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 11:05pmCome on Ron Paul “FOLLOWERS” you still have rule 38, right? That’s what you kept harping on a few weeks ago. Did the long arm of state law reach out and ‘b!tch slap you’ and say state law trumps RNC rules?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 11:06pmSOY, obviously, that was an admission that you are getting a Government check. You do not speak for me. I did not, do not and will not EVER take a Government check. I pity you.
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:14pmI know of a farmer who also makes a very good income from someone else now farming his land who gets this social security monthly check. He has a new chevy full size double door truck, gets around very well but I agree he can‘t farm any more but something here isn’t right! He will end up getting more from this dissability than he would have gotten on soc. security and for life.
Report Post »freeberty
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:16pmFarmers, the first welfare subsidized class since the 1920s.
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 1:08am@freeberty, hopefully you realize that you can not Eat Money!
Report Post »michael7695
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:13pmThat number will grow as will the number of people on food stamps and the number of people accepting unemployment, etc. I strongly believe the numbers will decrease with Romney as President. With four more years of O-blame-ah, we will increase the number of people dependent an slaves to government.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:09pmLiberalism has won I am afraid. Whenever the bird feeder is put out with no charge, a feeding frenzy ensues. We’ve had the bird feeder out for a very long time and the problem is: IT’S ABOUT TO RUN DRY!
Report Post »Cleats4Feets
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:05pmWell it’s easy to figure out. To many Afro Americans, Hispanics and liberal unionized whites have figured out the system. It’s only a matter of time that we all will be eating government cheese!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:31pmLiberals would call your comments “racist.” I say, if something is so, regardless of appearance, it is so! You ARE correct!
Report Post »BryanB
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:00pm50% of the Veterans returning from Afghanstan and Iraq have applyed for Social Security Disablity.
We need to get America back to work, Now………
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:32pmVA disability also.
I wonder if the vets getting a VA disability check are DOUBLE DIPPING and applying for SS disabilty also. A TWO-FER federal check.
Report Post »cooper68
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:35pmI’ve worked for 30 years and after reading the article I realize now I meet 4 of the requirements to collect,yet I still work. People that dont need it and are collecting it and the Government for offering it should be ashamed of themselves.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:27pmThese numbers are this high because the majority of these people have figured out how to get *free* money and also because they have no PRIDE in themselves.
I had polio at age three but instead of being coddled I was made to believe there was little that I could not do because I was handicapped. My parents taught pride in accomplishment, not pride in beating the system. The people of my day, where I came from, taught their children to work, to trust God and to be proud to be an American.
The stigma of being on the government teat is gone for America. Too many people feel no shame in accepting welfare, disability payments or any other government handout as long as they do not have to work.
The baby commies can’t wait until we, the older generation, are dead and gone but we were and still are stronger than any that has come after us.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:34pmYou were so right until you stepped in the commie trap. It shows you being just another parrot for the right.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:42pmExrepub…………I’ve heard and read them say it. Time and again. And I don’t parrot anyone. I say what I know to be true.
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:54pmPLEASE – Baby boomers don’t take hand-outs. LOL
They INVENTED hand-outs. It was THEIR GENERATION that made a lot of hand out policies.
Obama KNOWS THIS and is playing commercials all over Florida and other high senior citazen states URGING THEM TO GET FOOD STAMPS. And they are SIGNING UP!!!!!!!!!!
The GOP is so watered down, RINOs aka “moderates” wipe their behinds with the Constitution. Seniors are ALL FOR GOVERNMENT HEALTH in MediCARE and MedicCAID and gov’t pharmacy handouts BUT SCREAM about government ObamaCARE. HYPOCRITES
ObamaCare just COMPLETES THE federal govn’t takeover of the entire health care system. While PRIVATE union participation is down, Obama/Unions plan to federalize ALL the healthcare workers and their dues will fill the coffers of democrat campaign funds.
Socialized education
Socialized healthcare
Socialized Industry (taxpayers OWN GM/banks/etc and when the feds do not outright OWN companies (called socialism), the CONTROL/MANIPULATE/DIRECT private companies through crushing regulations and threats (called fascism)
What is left of the GOP has nominated the BIGGEST RINO – EVER!! Romney – whose people COACHED the Obama Administration on how to set up the new federal version of RomneyCARE.
The GOP stands for NOTHING NOW. I will vote for Romney but even if he wins – the USA is GONE as a republic. The left will destroy free speech/gun rights while the right destroys privacy/4th amendment search, etc.
Report Post »freeberty
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:56pmStronger? LOL, Your generation is the one that was so weak that you instigated the whole government pozi scheme that has stolen the future from your children. I don’t even know how you can look at yourself in the mirror
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:15pmNone of you naysayers are probably over 30 and will be gladly on the government teat long before I will. You love to blame others but we did not have access to all you have now. We worked or went without.
Report Post »Were there sorry politicians and sorry people in my generation? Yes, but absolutely NOTHING like today.
And I look in the mirror and see a proud women that will fight for America and the American way of life the way it was meant to be until my dying day. Will any of you or will you just carp and whine like the children of today?
Hell, I could and probably do still work harder than 90% of the whiney babies that the younger generation has become.
SamIamTwo
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:26pmYep, everything should be on the increase. It’s not like we stopped procreating.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:39pmI agree! “Everything should be on the increase”. The Labor Force Participation Rate, the US GDP (At better than sub 2% levels), Consumer Sentiment, Home Values, Receipts to the Treasury, Retail Sales, etc. etc. etc. Where is all that “increase”?
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:19pmi dont blame these people, i blame idiot voters who keep voting for the same politicians and expect things to work out
Report Post »freeberty
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:38pmWell it won’t happen this election, Ron Paul said one his first acts as president would be to fire 500,000 federal workers, I think that scared off the people who thought their government check would be next.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:42pmTheir the same people
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:04pmFREE, Dr. Paul is exactly where he belongs right now. At home in TX with his family. Your fealty to him exposes your lack of real Constitutional understanding. Dr. Paul is an extreme Leftist with just enough PR sweetener to fool people like you.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:31pm500,000 is still not enough
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:36pm@MODEL82A1
Report Post »Audit the Fed bill is scheduled to be voted on later this month. Hope you can put aside your ‘lesser of two evils’ mantra to help make a real change for this country
BlesstheJews
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:14pmI work in the justice system and it‘s both amazing and sad how many cases I’ve seen of people who get in foot chases with police, fight the police, assualt people, break into businesses by scaling large fences, etc, and they are on disability. The benefits are stopped while they are in jail, but start again the day they walk out the door.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:14pmWho cares its just free government money….we should all get on it…..
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:20pmStarving the beast obviously wont work anymore. Perhaps we need to bleed the beast….
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:38pmSOY, have the courage of your “convictions”. Take up arms or do whatever it is that you “know” America needs. Barring that, you’re just another whiner.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:59pmi thought it was obvious that we are talking in financial terms. “starve” “bleed”. Bleed obviously means to suck the program dry (any unconstitutional program) so that they have to end it.
Not talking about armed resistance buddy – hoping to exhaust all other options first. Doesnt hut to be prepared tho.
Report Post »normalmom
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:12pmSadly a lot of people are getting disability for their obesity.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:39pmeverything is a disability to a democrate !!!! they want to you to be dependent on the government, I know lots of people on disability that CAN WORK
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:59pmI know a woman who weighed around 400lbs in HIGH SCHOOL. She has been on “disability” for years claiming she cannot work because she has diabetes. She waxes on at length about her toe amputations and health issues, etc. caused by being overweight.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:11pm…
Report Post »We are so screwed, if we don’t elect a new President, and get this mess straightened out.
First thing he needs to do, is get ALL the illegals out of America. They’ve suckled from our teats long enough.
soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:23pmIts not just a “new” president we need. We need to completely re-think what we consider to be a good candidate and elect ONLY the people who will bring real reform to washington
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:03pm@soy
“We need to completely re-think what we consider to be a good candidate and elect ONLY the people who will bring real reform to washington”
So who decides witch candidate is the ONLY candidate? The hand full of Ron Paul “FOLLOWERS” or WE THE PEOPLE via the primayies.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:51pm@thereal
You didnt really read my post. I didnt say ONLY one candidate. I said ‘ONLY the people who will bring change’. If you need another clue….People who will NOT bring change are the ones that need to be eliminated early on
For once, we need to have the people decide who the candidate is. I dont know about you – but I’m sick of the media and establishment picking our candidates
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 11:51pm@soy
I read your post and I know what you meant.
“For once, we need to have the people decide who the candidate is”
We did. We voted for our candidate, in each state, and the voters decided they wanted Romney. I don’t know where you voted, but here in Arizona we didn’t have the “establishment’ standing at the polling booth telling us who to vote for.
Report Post »freeberty
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:11pmThat’s why there will never be any type of a revolution or change in this country, from the farmer’s subsides to social security and all types of military/ government paychecks. Just like the broodmare in section 8 they all think they have the right to steal money out of other people’s pockets.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:36pmand all types of military/ government paychecks.??? So stop paying the armed services?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:46pmEX employs a favorite tactic of the Left. It is called “projection”. As a true “parrot of the left” he projects that on others and calls anyone with whom he disagrees a “parrot of the right”. He’s exposed and is too dumb to know it.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:51pmSHEEP displays above the complete lack of common sense that has come to dominate his party’s philosophy. They aren’t even smart enough to intuitively know (regardless of your politics) that you pay the guys with the guns first. Period.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:11pmThese, along with the 99′ers, the Wellfare Brood Mares and the record number of Food Stamp recipients (of course there’s a lot of overlap there) are Obama’s core constituency. Look for the number to do nothing but skyrocket.
Report Post »freeberty
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:31pmThose people are amateurs compared to the professional welfare class, (anyone that takes a government paycheck)
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:13pm@freeloader
“anyone that takes a government paycheck”
You mean people , such as yourself, that are living off of the taxes that the working folks pay.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:10pmThis is the result of the dismantling of unions, the gutting of OSHA and the almost abolition of workers rights
Report Post »Carlinpa
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:20pmAre you on crack or heroin? What is the correlation between the diminution of unions and a rise disability benefits and or entitlements claimants? You guys ALWAYS make allegations without any citations or support for what you are alleging.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:21pmAssuming you’re not smart enough to be sarcastic: No, the problem is the ideology to which you and your “leaders” cling. Thanks a lot.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:25pmPlus, I missed the “gutting of OSHA”. When did that happen? During the two year Super Majority of Dems in the Congress with a Liberal POTUS? If it happened before then, why didn’t those referenced above “fix” it during those two, long years?
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:29pmMan you make real Marxist sound dumb…try harder next time. Like mine is about population. Lice, mice and history. LMAO
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:33pmSIAM, are you implying that you are a real, smart, Marxist?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:50pmI’m sure we could fit the abolishment of slavery in here somewhere.
Report Post »hi
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:16pmIs “Marybeth” really nancy Pelosi posting on the Blaze?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:25pmIt sure sounds like Pelosi’s reasoning.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:43pmUnion busting should be conducted on a routine basis until we’ve eliminated the problem permanently.
Report Post »