Dec 13, 2007

Obama On Disability Backlogs

From a press release issued by the Obama campaign, containing promises on what Barack Obama will do for the disabled if he is elected president:
Streamline the current application and appeals processes to reduce the unacceptable delays experienced by individuals applying for Social Security disability benefits, and ensure that the SSA has the funding it needs to hire additional judges and staff and to invest in technology to expedite final decisions ...
I am sorry, but the word "streamline" in the same sentence with the words "Social Security disability" gives me hives.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's always "streamline the process" before anything else--when will they learn that you cannot process anything in the first place without staff? Another clueless politician trying to put one over on the voters, trying to make it look like he has "the answer"

Anonymous said...

hey, at least he seems to want to properly fund the agency. I'll take it.

Anonymous said...

I won't. Throwing money in the wrong direction is wasting tax-payer dollars.

Anonymous said...

Good heavens, I can't ever recall a candidate for President acknowledging that disability benefits even exist, much less having a position, albeit a vague one, on the agency's administrative processes and budget.