I personally know probably 10 people collecting disability that are perfectly able to work
Disabled America: 5.4 Million Join Social Security Disability Insurance Rolls Under Obama - Investors.com
.A record 5.4 million workers and their dependents have signed up to collect federal disability checks since President Obama took office, according to the latest official government data, as discouraged workers increasingly give up looking for jobs and take advantage of the federal program
But the big factor in the recent surge is the slow pace of the economic recovery after the severe recession. That has kept the unemployment rate above 8% and created an enormous pool of long-term unemployed and discouraged workers. More than 5 million people have been jobless for 27 weeks or more, nearly twice the previous high set in 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Disabled America: 5.4 Million Join Social Security Disability Insurance Rolls Under Obama - Investors.com