May 8, 2013

It's A Big Country

     I live in Raleigh. It's a prosperous, urban place. People here are mostly well educated and mostly work in white collar jobs. Raleigh produces disability claims but many of my firm's clients live in places like Roanoke Rapids, where I took this picture on May 2. Roanoke Rapids has a population of about 17,000. The town's name comes from the extensive rapids on the Roanoke River which lie just North of town. The shop shown above is on the main street of Roanoke Rapids.
     Social Security is a national program. It must serve this country's entire population and that includes cities like Raleigh and towns like Roanoke Rapids but it also includes many other types of communities, big and small, rich and poor. When thinking about policies that Social Security should apply and the mechanisms by which the agency delivers service to this country's population, everyone should keep this wide diversity in mind.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Charles, one of the most useless entries on your blog. Nothing else to tell us about? The USA is a big country with city folks and country folks and folks in between. And, it is raining somewhere in this great big beautiful land of ours, so bring your umbrella!

Anonymous said...

The Republican's are only concerned with numbers.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/10962532-us-disability-beneficiaries-exceed-population-greece

The monthly beating report that substitutes for journalism.

Anonymous said...

And in everyone of those towns there is a lawyer looking for a fee.
You are only defending disability benefits out of self interest.

Anonymous said...

@9:38 Where's a link to your blog? I'm sure it's awesome.

@11:00am Get back to work!!!

Anonymous said...

Gee, 9:38, a person does a job out of self-interest? SOMEBODY CALL WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN! Personally, one of my favorite parts about representing disabled people is, on occasion, I get to visit small towns and out-of-the-way places I never would visit otherwise. Keep up the good work, Charles, this blog is a great resource.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if anyone has polled the underemployed and underinsured public who might pally for disability benefits if the would if the already had free health care?

Anonymous said...

Some people complain about tax money going to the disabled, yet that money is essentially charity, they say they like voluntary charity and think that what they give at the bucket is effective, it doesn't have the raw wherewithal to get the job done since most don't or can't give, that was proven back in the 19th century when there were no disability programs of any sort, just voluntary charity, so government stepped in a bit at a time until the US had Social Security in place, now the ignorant haters come out and say Social Security isn't needed and that the US should go back to ineffective voluntary charity, these people just want to pay as little as possible and like to object to this and that, cause of greed, which the bible says is a sin. But then ya can't take it with you, Pharaohs in ancient Egypt tried that, their tombs proved easy to raid and rob, curses stopped no one.

Just saying of course.

Anonymous said...

I'm not opposed to helping those in need. I just wish we better screened who is actually "in need" before we started handing out money and other things. As for "not being able to take it with me", true - but I'd like to use it while I'm here and leave it for MY children when I'm gone. Call me a cynic if you must.

Anonymous said...

Wow--what a bunch of snarky replies to an essentially benign post.

Anonymous said...

Charles does bring out the best in people.

Anonymous said...

charles,

i usually loathe your attempts at politicizing the ss debate.

this post strikes a different cord though. your vision here is genuine and your message is uncharacteristically simple and kind.

thanks for the change-up.