I Really Hate Articles Like This

because they are intentionally misleading. Of course, Investors Business Daily is a right-wing rag, so the truth isn't its specialty.

The plain truth is while many older people who have been laid off and their UI has run have tried to get disability, the chances of them getting it are virtually impossible unless there is some serious problem. For SSDI, you have to have paid into a certain number of quarters into Social Security; yours truly is not eligible even if injured. And then there is SSI, which is means-tested. You just can't have any old ailment to get on either one, and then it is a long, long, long process to get eventually approved if you can get a lawyer who will argue your case in front of an administrative law judge, where the vast majority of disability cases wind up. Tons and tons of red tape, and it takes at least two years for the process to run its course for most people who do eventually get it.

This article is just another crap article trying to get the masses upset over the poor when they should be pissed off over the one percent who are taking it all at their expense.