Comments on: Social Security disability program nearly insolvent

By: rick

rick — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:38:13 +0000

And just put a lock on “funny money” and that will help. Nothing like six bills a month for a kid with ADHD.

By: Carl Nemo

Carl Nemo — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:37:54 +0000

Then you could start the “First Church of the Apocalypse” only using the ravings of John from the “Book of Revelations” as your Sunday ‘go to meetin’ primer. Believe it or not you’d probably have a pole-building ‘church’ packed with donatin’ members.

A preacherman can get a lot of ‘fear mileage’ with only this single biblical work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse

Cost benefit: Not paying SS plus ‘church’ donations

Carl Nemo **==

By: woody188

woody188 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:26:40 +0000

Too honest to try something like that buddy. I love horses and farming, but I wouldn’t want to travel in a buggy!

Besides, then I couldn’t go online and bother all you fine people with my paranoia.

By: Carl Nemo **==

Carl Nemo **== — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:50:36 +0000

My suggestion Woody is become Amish or a Mennonite then you can opt out of paying SS or start your own ministry which is feasible too. Get some minister’s certification off the web, no different than phony degrees and start holding services in your home or an outbuilding (church), then jettison the SS system from your lives. Check it out. It takes some chutzpah, but is doable. : )

Carl Nemo **==

By: Walter Wouk

Walter Wouk — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:43:53 +0000

SSA is understaffed and overworked. Despite this fact, SSA management has adopted a policy that requires claims representative to take Federal Welfare (Supplemental Security Income) applications from all applicants for Social Security Disability Benefits — even if they are clearly ineligible.

SSA does this to artificially inflate their claims processing times. For example, an SSI disability claim that is denied in one day because of excess income still gets counted as a bona fide disability claim when SSA computes its overall processing time. Some SSA personnel have created bogus claims in order to improve processing time statistics.

According to Witold Skwierczynski, the President of the National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals, in June 2009, the Manager of the Independence, Missouri Social Security Office became concerned when he realized that his office would not meet his quota of SSI claims for the month, so he checked the agency’s computer system to find out who had filed for Social Security Disability, but not SSI. He then manufactured 38 bogus SSI claims by answering questions on the applications without contacting the applicants.

SSA’s policy of requiring Claims Reps to take bogus SSI claims is a waste of tax-payer dollars and it often delays the payment of past-due SSD benefits due to claimants who are awarded SSD benefits.

FYI: I am a former SSA Claims Representative.

By: Bill Cravener

Bill Cravener — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:26:36 +0000

“we are both in our thirties. We decided the only reason we pay it is so our parents can live by themselves with some dignity as we know we likely won’t receive a dime of what we have paid into the scheme.”

Funny! My generation (I’m 60) said the same thing about our parents. My parents by the way both died young and never got to receive a penny of SS.

By: woody188

woody188 — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:51:20 +0000

This is why ponzi schemes are illegal. Those coming in late to the scheme get screwed, particularly when those running the scheme have been dipping into the pot to fund their pet projects.

My wife and I were discussing Social Security, we are both in our thirties. We decided the only reason we pay it is so our parents can live by themselves with some dignity as we know we likely won’t receive a dime of what we have paid into the scheme. Full faith and credit, obviously I have very little of either for our government.