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11-18-2010, 05:49 AM | #1 | |||
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Legendary
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Hi,
I found this one paragraph in this article to be useful. The article wonders why more people are on disability than they were 30 or 40 years ago. This paragraph tries to explain why: Quote:
This makes perfect sense to me. M. |
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11-18-2010, 12:41 PM | #2 | |||
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I think that the unemployment rate is also contributing. People suffering from MH and medical problems have been more likely to file since they have not been able to provide for themselves and their families adequately.
The system is absolutely inundated with new applicants right now. Thank for this, Mari. Definitely contributing factors. |
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11-18-2010, 03:58 PM | #3 | |||
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Legendary
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yes. not to mention, my parents keep telling me the "pace" has picked up.... due to technology. i mean it's a generation observation, i'm passing it on from them... but it sounds like it. technology has made so many things so much more immediate, you have to be
on top of it running with the ball hit the ground running up with the times with the program (no pun intended!) and, respectively, it the ball running the times and the program evolve at a rate that is orders of magnitude larger than progress was, say, 50 years ago. the industrial revolution marked a huge increase in demand on the working class... but now... we are in the era of the informational/technological revolution. And... God help us, please, because we clearly don't know how to help ourselves any more. ~ waves ~ |
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