According to the 2015 Social Security Trustees Report, the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trust Fund is on course to run dry in 2016, six decades after the program began in 1956.[1] Absent reform, disability benefits will be cut across the board by almost 20 percent, and the average disabled worker’s benefit will fall below the federal poverty level.
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[This piece has been published in Restoring America to highlight how unrestrained entitlement spending is contributing to the growing economic crisis.]