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U.S. Disability Programs Need a Work Requirement
Many people who get government checks could also be getting a paycheck.
A job is a job.
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The U.S. faces a social and fiscal crisis: Millions of Americans of prime working age do not have jobs, while the cost of federal disability programs -- which many in the non-working population have come to rely on -- has skyrocketed. And there's no end in sight.
One solution: Let’s reassess whether people really cannot work and, for those who are able, move them into jobs.