Comments for Nicholas Kristof Bravely Urges Congress to Cut Supplemental Security for Children with Severe Disabilities at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.cepr.net Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20700 We've got a saying in the Netherlands which loosely translates to; the innkeeper trusts his guests like he'd trust himself. If you suspect disabled infants of scheming the system, chances are good you're projecting your own evils upon them. - Dabbe Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:53:49 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20645 Let's not forget that it's the fault of women for being poor -- why can't they just submit themselves to the 'hard-working' man in exchange for his pay checks? - James Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:50:44 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20622 "if you look like one of Jerry’s kids, you’re really disabled" I'm an adult with a form of muscular dystrophy. I use a wheelchair. I can't feed or wash or dress myself. And I have two letters from the social security system saying that I am not disabled. Don't I wish they were right... - emptyfull Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:11:12 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20617 Don't forget Kristoff's ongoing attacks on anti-sweatshop activists for hampering economic development and, I suppose, the opportunity for workers to perish in garment factory conflagrations. - Ron Carver Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:56:18 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20613 Shouldn't Kristof be concentrating on "saving" prostitutes somewhere? - pseudonymous in nc Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:42:56 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20610 Kristoff has been writing as though a moral monster for years, and not just about America but about issues all over the world the slant of the writing is morally monstrous. - ltr Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:33:35 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20607 Bloated military budgets with "missing" pallets of cash, big Pharma give aways of $180 billion, unfunded illegal wars, $15 Trillion Wall St bailouts, and the [i]real[/i] problem is one poor, disabled kid who's trying to maintain $637/mo. for her family (perhaps their sole income). Keep your eyes on the prize! - Harry R. Sohl Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:07:07 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20606 there have been instances of military contractors ripping off the DoD with improper charges and overcharging. Therefore, let's abolish all military contracting! - r€nato Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:55:47 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20605 Certainly, somebody somewhere is using our interstate freeway system for illegal purposes; to transport drugs or undocumented migrants for instance. Therefor, let's abolish the interstate highways! - r€nato Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:51:39 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20601 My immediate reaction to the example cited by Kristof was "those parents are trying to defraud the system." In other words, they are trying to get SSI benefits by having their kids fake a disability. Now I'll be the first to admit there's probably fraud in the system, and that it's something that might need to be addressed (although the studies you cite would indicate this is a small problem relative to others). But if we're going to cut programs where fraud is rampant, maybe we should start with military procurement. - John Glover Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:31:56 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/nicholas-kristof-bravely-urges-congress-to-cut-supplemental-security-for-children-with-severe-disabilities#comment-20600 Excellent analysis. I was surprised that the usually well-meaning Kristof let himself fall for this. And, the real issue with Social Security and other government benefits, by the way, isn't that they're for the most part abused by their recipients. It's that most people don't known enough to ask for what they're fully entitled to. Any waste and fraud is more than absorbed by that fact. - Michael Maiello Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:31:42 +0100