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		<title>By: Michael7117</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael7117]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When does any government ever run out of money?  It&#039;s too easy to just raise taxes or print more money.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When does any government ever run out of money?  It&#8217;s too easy to just raise taxes or print more money.</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie G</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie G]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;...previously hidden brain disorders...&quot;?  Are you saying people in the past never suffered from traumatic occurrences ?. 
&quot;...when the overall culture is under seige...&quot;?  How about past peoples who were enslaved, when immorality was rampant, etc.
In other words, mankind has had the SAME problems forever.
What humanistic bullcrap.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;previously hidden brain disorders&#8230;&#8221;?  Are you saying people in the past never suffered from traumatic occurrences ?.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;when the overall culture is under seige&#8230;&#8221;?  How about past peoples who were enslaved, when immorality was rampant, etc.<br />
In other words, mankind has had the SAME problems forever.<br />
What humanistic bullcrap.</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie G</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie G]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what if the neighborhood is paying out more tax than receiving aid.  It just means that some hardworking families are subsidizing others.  The point of this discussion is handouts, period.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what if the neighborhood is paying out more tax than receiving aid.  It just means that some hardworking families are subsidizing others.  The point of this discussion is handouts, period.</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie G</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie G]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are absolutely correct Lynne!  I work for a pediatric specialist.  We get requests all the time from families trying to get their kids on disability for &quot;behavior problems,&quot; &quot;learning disabilities&quot; and ADHD.  By the way, some of these families are already covered by insurance!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are absolutely correct Lynne!  I work for a pediatric specialist.  We get requests all the time from families trying to get their kids on disability for &#8220;behavior problems,&#8221; &#8220;learning disabilities&#8221; and ADHD.  By the way, some of these families are already covered by insurance!</p>
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		<title>By: RonTakeOne</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RonTakeOne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neighborhoods aren&#039;t made up of individuals?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neighborhoods aren&#8217;t made up of individuals?</p>
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		<title>By: nick</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/welfare-state-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-5358469</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2014 02:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and you make that point because I made a false claim in the comments section re. the contents of the piece written.  Oh no that was you wasn&#039;t it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and you make that point because I made a false claim in the comments section re. the contents of the piece written.  Oh no that was you wasn&#8217;t it?</p>
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		<title>By: M. Archer</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/welfare-state-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-5358463</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M. Archer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2014 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the responders to this article are correct in their assesment of the &quot;problem&quot; thus drawing our attention to the perfect storm of conditions which explain the phenomenon the article presents. Our progress in the medical and psychological feilds of neuro science in the past 15 years has revealed the previously hidden underlying brain disorders which have accounted for the steep rise in medical expenses throughout the world. In point of fact the number of legitimate brain disorders and subsequent behavioral  afflictions has been shown, through evidence based studys, to be present in one out of four human beings. One in four have a diagnosable brain disorder! The incidence of PTSD in our society can be directly linked to the way we treat our fellow man; both in  the theater of war and in the urban milieu of societal survival. When the overall culture is under seige by human avarice people cannot feel safe and thus the brain has trouble coping. You can&#039;t see brain injury or emotional trauma on the outside so it becomes easier to label those who are vulnerable as frauds and begin our own &quot;cleansing&quot; operations to eat the wounded. We created the system of mental health care to give everyone a chance at mental and emotional saftey. Lets don&#039;t blame the system that protects us all. Let us become intellectually honest about the root causes of our human sickness and take responsibility for choices of elected officials and corporate bearucrats who have selfishly driven our societal bus off of the cliff. Ultimately we are responsible for the system that governs our lives, and we have allowed our system to run away with our hope for a better future.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of the responders to this article are correct in their assesment of the &#8220;problem&#8221; thus drawing our attention to the perfect storm of conditions which explain the phenomenon the article presents. Our progress in the medical and psychological feilds of neuro science in the past 15 years has revealed the previously hidden underlying brain disorders which have accounted for the steep rise in medical expenses throughout the world. In point of fact the number of legitimate brain disorders and subsequent behavioral  afflictions has been shown, through evidence based studys, to be present in one out of four human beings. One in four have a diagnosable brain disorder! The incidence of PTSD in our society can be directly linked to the way we treat our fellow man; both in  the theater of war and in the urban milieu of societal survival. When the overall culture is under seige by human avarice people cannot feel safe and thus the brain has trouble coping. You can&#8217;t see brain injury or emotional trauma on the outside so it becomes easier to label those who are vulnerable as frauds and begin our own &#8220;cleansing&#8221; operations to eat the wounded. We created the system of mental health care to give everyone a chance at mental and emotional saftey. Lets don&#8217;t blame the system that protects us all. Let us become intellectually honest about the root causes of our human sickness and take responsibility for choices of elected officials and corporate bearucrats who have selfishly driven our societal bus off of the cliff. Ultimately we are responsible for the system that governs our lives, and we have allowed our system to run away with our hope for a better future.</p>
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		<title>By: trangbang68</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have the American Psychiatric Association whose ludicrous Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is a &quot;Collecting Disability Checks for Dummies&quot; workbook. It explains the symptoms to the lazy and shiftless. 

Just as there are &quot;croakers&quot;, doctors who will write you all the opiate prescriptions you want, there are doctors and counselors who will get you on disability for the right fee. There are genuinely disabled people but there are hordes of unproductive leeches scamming the system because they can.
It&#039;s the product of a loss of national character, Instead of Rosie the Riveter and Bob the Carpenter, we have Willie the Crackhead and Betsy the Twinkie Devourer with a mood disorder, &quot;I&#039;m depressed because I need a electric scooter to get to the snack section at WalMart. Give me a check&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have the American Psychiatric Association whose ludicrous Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is a &#8220;Collecting Disability Checks for Dummies&#8221; workbook. It explains the symptoms to the lazy and shiftless. </p>
<p>Just as there are &#8220;croakers&#8221;, doctors who will write you all the opiate prescriptions you want, there are doctors and counselors who will get you on disability for the right fee. There are genuinely disabled people but there are hordes of unproductive leeches scamming the system because they can.<br />
It&#8217;s the product of a loss of national character, Instead of Rosie the Riveter and Bob the Carpenter, we have Willie the Crackhead and Betsy the Twinkie Devourer with a mood disorder, &#8220;I&#8217;m depressed because I need a electric scooter to get to the snack section at WalMart. Give me a check&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: John Davidson</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/welfare-state-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-5358079</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davidson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading what I already surmised, I do believe the crooks are winning in America.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After reading what I already surmised, I do believe the crooks are winning in America.</p>
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		<title>By: JTK</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/welfare-state-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-5357830</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JTK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neighborhoods are not taxed. Individuals are taxed. Persons who pay taxes are not the same who are receiving aid.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neighborhoods are not taxed. Individuals are taxed. Persons who pay taxes are not the same who are receiving aid.</p>
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		<title>By: bobsoper</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobsoper]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alcoholism and drug addiction have not been criteria for SSDI in many years. In fact, many administrative law judges will deny benefits to an applicant who meets the criteria but can be shown to be actively using illicit drugs or abusing alcohol. But you&#039;re not here to discuss the facts; you&#039;re here to repeat what you saw on Hannity.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alcoholism and drug addiction have not been criteria for SSDI in many years. In fact, many administrative law judges will deny benefits to an applicant who meets the criteria but can be shown to be actively using illicit drugs or abusing alcohol. But you&#8217;re not here to discuss the facts; you&#8217;re here to repeat what you saw on Hannity.</p>
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		<title>By: bobsoper</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobsoper]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read it. Did you? Nah, didn&#039;t think so.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read it. Did you? Nah, didn&#8217;t think so.</p>
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		<title>By: cheechakos</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/welfare-state-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-5357462</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cheechakos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest group of recipients are mentally ill.(read the article) This includes anorexia ,obesity, addictions,cutting,mood disorders ADD/ADHD,autism etc.
These people do not wake up one day and their health collapses.

The next largest group is musculoskeletal ;this includes muscle pain,back issues,carpal tunnel syndrome,joint replacements etc.

You are spouting political rhetoric instead of looking at the medical issues.


Paying obese people to lay around,alcoholics to do nothing all day and people with back pain to have children is ridiculous. There are millions of people abusing the system .They are easy to find if you stop lying to yourself and look.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The largest group of recipients are mentally ill.(read the article) This includes anorexia ,obesity, addictions,cutting,mood disorders ADD/ADHD,autism etc.<br />
These people do not wake up one day and their health collapses.</p>
<p>The next largest group is musculoskeletal ;this includes muscle pain,back issues,carpal tunnel syndrome,joint replacements etc.</p>
<p>You are spouting political rhetoric instead of looking at the medical issues.</p>
<p>Paying obese people to lay around,alcoholics to do nothing all day and people with back pain to have children is ridiculous. There are millions of people abusing the system .They are easy to find if you stop lying to yourself and look.</p>
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		<title>By: SoCalMike</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SoCalMike]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recipients are only secondary and tertiary beneficiaries. 
The primary beneficiaries are the career politicians who the secondary beneficiaries vote for and the career parasite bureaucrats who administer the &quot;help&quot; because people need &quot;help.&quot;
Nice gig.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The recipients are only secondary and tertiary beneficiaries.<br />
The primary beneficiaries are the career politicians who the secondary beneficiaries vote for and the career parasite bureaucrats who administer the &#8220;help&#8221; because people need &#8220;help.&#8221;<br />
Nice gig.</p>
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		<title>By: Seek</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the 90s I can remember the term for SSDI payments:  &quot;crazy cash.&quot;  All someone had to do to qualify was play at being crazy.  Apparently, a lot of people since have mastered the art.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in the 90s I can remember the term for SSDI payments:  &#8220;crazy cash.&#8221;  All someone had to do to qualify was play at being crazy.  Apparently, a lot of people since have mastered the art.</p>
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		<title>By: Danny</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Danny]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats would never allow people to be tested to see the extent to which they are fit to work. That would be oppressive and probably racist too (everything is nowadays).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Democrats would never allow people to be tested to see the extent to which they are fit to work. That would be oppressive and probably racist too (everything is nowadays).</p>
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		<title>By: nick</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/welfare-state-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-5357289</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes he would know that if he bothered reading it in its entirety.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes he would know that if he bothered reading it in its entirety.</p>
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		<title>By: xkn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[xkn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disability skyrocketed for a simple reason that there were no jobs left in vast portions of the US. The factories, providing good paying manufacturing jobs, were dismantled and shipped overseas. Unemployment benefits last certain time but disability benefits last lifetime. Given that there is no interest in nomenklatura to reverse the trend of wholesale job exportation, there is little incentive or for that matter choice for a vast number of people. They understand that their jobs are gone, and no replacement jobs are coming - ever! With the little money earned on a side and vast opportunities for receiving a need-based benefits ranging from free cell phones to free scholarships at Harvard, the disability simply is the most economical choice for majority of people.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Disability skyrocketed for a simple reason that there were no jobs left in vast portions of the US. The factories, providing good paying manufacturing jobs, were dismantled and shipped overseas. Unemployment benefits last certain time but disability benefits last lifetime. Given that there is no interest in nomenklatura to reverse the trend of wholesale job exportation, there is little incentive or for that matter choice for a vast number of people. They understand that their jobs are gone, and no replacement jobs are coming &#8211; ever! With the little money earned on a side and vast opportunities for receiving a need-based benefits ranging from free cell phones to free scholarships at Harvard, the disability simply is the most economical choice for majority of people.</p>
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		<title>By: Erudite Mavin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erudite Mavin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can also see in the senior citizen high rise bldgs., a large per cent are Senior Russians, Chinese, etc.   Came here as Seniors and never put a dime in the system and live in Section 8 Apts. on Medi Cal, food stamps, and SSI, this by the  tens of  thousands in American Cities.
 
Then you have the Somails to you name it by the tens of thousands in some cities,  mostly young and middle age and living in Section 8 Apts. food stamps, Medi Cal  the seniors on SSI, and all the other benefits.
Thank Ted Kennedy for his  1964 bill, come one and all to live off the tax payers..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can also see in the senior citizen high rise bldgs., a large per cent are Senior Russians, Chinese, etc.   Came here as Seniors and never put a dime in the system and live in Section 8 Apts. on Medi Cal, food stamps, and SSI, this by the  tens of  thousands in American Cities.</p>
<p>Then you have the Somails to you name it by the tens of thousands in some cities,  mostly young and middle age and living in Section 8 Apts. food stamps, Medi Cal  the seniors on SSI, and all the other benefits.<br />
Thank Ted Kennedy for his  1964 bill, come one and all to live off the tax payers..</p>
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		<title>By: John Davidson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Davidson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is about time this subject is brought front and center. The Liberals are actually encouraging folks to be dependents for very obvious reasons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is about time this subject is brought front and center. The Liberals are actually encouraging folks to be dependents for very obvious reasons.</p>
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