Americans Joining Disability Now Outpacing Americans Finding Jobs

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:

DisabilityVsJobs Americans Joining Disability Now Outpacing Americans Finding Jobs
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 part of a wider trend, as another chart, also set to be released later today, from the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee shows:

Workforce Shrinks Americans Joining Disability Now Outpacing Americans Finding Jobs

 Read More at weeklystandard.com. By Daniel Halper.

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