Those Joining Disability Now Outpace Those Finding Jobs

by Daniel Halper. A new chart set to be released by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee details an alarming fact: In the last three months, more Americans have joined disability than have found a job. As the chart shows, between April-June 2012, an estimated 246,000 Americans were added to Social Security's disability insurance program. In that same time period, only 225,000 American jobs were created. These alarming numbers, though, are       ... MORE