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Gleaners seem pretty successful, maybe we could use them as a model. You would have an administrative staff to handle these things, just like any charity. And if the disabled need funds, they may get them, who's to say they wouldn't?
Also, please give this video a try if you have time: Disability, USA - 60 Minutes - CBS News
Gleaners are not medical/psychological/disability experts. They are volunteers collecting food. Again, who determines what needs the person with disabilities has? What if it's not medical but living expenses, as they now receive? Who determines they are eligible and how?
The video is not all it's cracked up to be: Outrage Grows Over
There were any number of experts who could have been interviewed on this topic to counterbalance the views of a far-right senator who is best known as a denier of global warming (Tom Coburn). But Sixty Minutes apparently could not be bothered to present a more balanced picture of the disability program.
The basic fact, which may be painful for CBS News and Sixty Minutes, is that it is not easy to get on Social Security disability. Close to three quarters of applicants are turned down initially and even after appeal, 60 percent of applicants are denied benefits.