Pastis and the rest of you are seriously misinformed about the Social Security disability benefits programs, and the strip is a silly reference to news programs and articles that have been thoroughly discredited, including by several former SSA Commissioners. Those would be individuals who were responsible for administration of these claims, and fbjsr apparently has major issues with his siblings. He is also plain wrong that attorneys’ fees are paid by “taxpayers,” and not the claimant – there are only very limited circumstances in which the SSA pays fees, and most are deducted from the claimants’ benefits when they are paid.
Pastis and the rest of you are seriously misinformed about the Social Security disability benefits programs, and the strip is a silly reference to news programs and articles that have been thoroughly discredited, including by several former SSA Commissioners. Those would be individuals who were responsible for administration of these claims, and fbjsr apparently has major issues with his siblings. He is also plain wrong that attorneys’ fees are paid by “taxpayers,” and not the claimant – there are only very limited circumstances in which the SSA pays fees, and most are deducted from the claimants’ benefits when they are paid.