program it is supposed to he benefit those ages 50-74 into a transition of regular retirement. since the 1980s we have seen a 300 percent increase of mental pain and nonexertional restriction. i have a birched neve a pinchd nerve and pinched disc. used to be they were paralyzed. most of the claims are things like anxiety, back pain. nebulous cycles. it is very subject tive. another reason is lawyers make big bucks promoting it. if you are disabled and cat work you need social security disability benefits. doesn t try getting them on your
the original disability insurance program was supposed to benefit those ages 50 to 64 as basically a transition into regular retirement. since the 1980 s u.s. in a 300 percent increase in awards for back pain, mental issues, what they call non exertion of restrictions. i am going to my chiropractor tomorrow with a pinched nerve, compressed disk and quite honestly trying to take on the government is driving me nuts. is a good chance i could qualify if i pressed are enough. john: it used to be that they were paralyzed. today most of the claims are things like anxiety, stress, back pain, nebulous diagnoses. and it is very subjective. oe people collect, lawyers make big bucks promoting them. if you are disabled or can t work you need social security disability benefits, but don t try getting the money around. we help people get disability benefits.
50, 6% of the people are on social security disability benefits. he said there is this real concern about the safety net and people, too many people in the safety net. do you think there s a lack of ambition in this country that we re seeing in these numbers or a lack of opportunity requiring people to hold on for too long to the safety net? you know, i m sure that if you were to look at this individual or that individual that you might find that maybe there are people that should be more ambitious and then some people that are really ambitious but it s just not working, but scientifically we know in the aggregate that if you ve been out for six months, somebody mailed a bunch of resumes around and nobody could get an interview, you couldn t get a callback because you d been unemployed for six months. the lack of opportunity is a serious problem and we understand why. once you ve been unemployed for a long time then maybe the next employer is wondering geez, maybe there s something w
kyle murphy runs a sandwich shop and says he sees new hire quit to seek government benefits. the people who know how to use the system best get the most out of it. not people who need assistance the most. he says four programs in particular, demonstrate americans increasing dependence on government. food stamps 306,789,000,000 more americans receive them than in the year 2000. social security disability. 3 million americans receive payment in 1990. today is 8.6 million. pel grants 3.9 million students awarded them in 2000 but today it s 9.78 million. even though half of the graduates work in jobs that require no degree. extended unemployment benefit. 26 weeks was the standard. today is 52 weeks or more for many. another explanation for the steep rise in the social security disability benefits. that being the aging workforc workforce. baby boomers approaching the
question, are these people really disabled, or are they looking at social security disability benefits as sort of the insurer of last resort, the paycheck of last resort? you have seen these numbers have jumped exp within the past couple of years. there is a little bit of history to be had here. you have the disability benefits recovery act back in 1984 that made it a lot easier under president ronald reagan to actually be qualified for disability benefits. if you look all the way back to then you do see the curve continue to jump pretty dramatically. recently, though what we ve seen is that the pace of job creation is slower than the actual pace of people jumping onto disability benefits. and you do have to ask the question, are all these people really deserving of that? martha: no doubt there are many people in this country who are, of course, deserving of it and that s why it was create. you look at an environment where work-place safety rules are more in place than ever before in h