From KTKA News:
On Tuesday, the head of the Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue arrived in Topeka to mark the opening of the state’s newest hearing office. The Topeka office is expected to cut down on the amount of time people must wait for a judge to hear their disability case. Next week, the office will start hearing cases.
“In the short term, this office allows times in Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas to start dropping very dramatically. Also, in the bigger picture, it is a great sign for the future of the agency we started 75 years ago, SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue said.
Yes, I realize that the "we" may be a reference to we as a nation but it still sounds odd coming from a Republican. The reporter may not have gotten the quote exactly right since she thought that Social Security was only given $500,000 in the Recovery Act to use in working down backlogs!
And yet again, we can rely on Mr. Hall to bring politics into a fairly innocent statement.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your unbiased view of the world!
A#1, in view of the ongoing activities of the Deficit Commission, Mr. Hall is perfectly within the bounds of fair comment to question Mr. Astrue's remark. His party affiliation was responsible for his appointment to the Commissioner postion. He is also a proponent of privatization or significant "reform" of SS as is Andrew Biggs, Peter G. Peterson and Alan Simpson, among others. Mr. Hall's remark falls well within the bounds of reasonable comment.
ReplyDeleteTry having an independent thought Ortiz - you are just a parrot. Hall is jealous of Astrue's success. Anyone who has worked around the Commissioner knows how much he cares and how hard he works to end the backlog.
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