After a couple of injuries and a bout with the flu, I am glad to be back. Rather than leave off where we did, I am going to lay some foundations. The previous Executive structure was only really understood as a necessity by a few. To show this necessity, I want to show HOW the current system has failed with a few examples and hopefully some discussion.
As it is pertinent to me I will discuss our current entitlement programs (social programs especially Social Security Disability). We, in America, believe to some extent that we have a responsibility to care for those in our society who cannot care for themselves. Our belief in this however, is expressed in the creation of an agency that exists not to facilitate this (even when it has already been paid for by the claimant as is the case that happens when a person claims after years of work) but rather exists to hinder this. The initial evaluations of Social Security are made by PhD's with no medical experience and who make recommendations of work a claimant either can not perform or can never find. Multiple impairments are not considered until the Administrative Law Judge Stage which can and often does take years to get to. In the meantime, those who can claim and try to receive benefits are unable to work but often have ever mounting medical and other bills that exhaust the finances of the claimant and (if they are fortunate enough to have them) family/friends.
This, it would seem, is the opposite of the original goal society expressed. Yet it is not just Social Security, our care of the poor, elderly, and disabled is designed not to help, but rather it would seem to hinder and keep people in the neverending cycle of, at best, debt; and in the worst case (especially disability) progressively worsening health and possibly death.
Does this not seem a failure of our system and a failure of our representatives/senators to exercise our goals and desires? On the social scale is this what we want? Comments?
James Bianco, Valeyard
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