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- Oct 20, 2008
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When Bush took office in Jan 2001 there were 5,052,895 workers on disability according to the SSA. When Obama came in there were 7,442,377, an increase of 2,389,482. That means the number of people on disability has skyrocketed by 47.2% while Bush was in office without so much as a single peep from the Right!!!!When President Obama took office in January 2009--which was the fourth month of fiscal 2009--there were 7,442,377 workers on disability, according to the Social Security Administration. As of October 2013, there was a record 8,936,932. That means the number of people on disability has increased by 1,494,555 while Obama has been in office--a jump of 20 percent.