02-26-2013, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GatrHeel
Absolutely agree with the bolded. No question it's part of the problem. But again, the issue I have is with laying all of this on the current President.
In 2011, 3,041,500 applications were filed for SSI. In 2008, that number was 2,827,541. In 2001, it was 2,084,828.
I whole-heartedly agree that this is a trend that deserves to be examined. But to claim that it started with Obama is categorically false.
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Why the sudden large increase? Nobody said anything about putting all the blame on him but certainly he is compounding the problem.
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