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Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement
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To: rnsmth who wrote (15032)3/31/2013 5:03:42 PM
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OT Re: Federal Disability Program - Annual expenditure $225B!

Wow, after listening to this "This American Life" on NPR, I was shocked to hear the details on SSDI payments. This program is out of control.

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MAR 22, 2013
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The number of Americans receiving federal disability payments has nearly doubled over the last 15 years. There are towns and counties around the nation where almost 1/4 of adults are on disability. Planet Money's Chana Joffe-Walt spent 6 months exploring the disability program, and emerges with a story of the U.S. economy quite different than the one we've been hearing
It's well worth the time to listen to this three part series. 1 in 4 in Alabama is on Federal disability.

We need to fix this.

EKS
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