Mulvaney said Social Security disability insurance is the “fastest growing program” that “grew tremendously under President Obama,” and a “very wasteful program” that needs to be fixed. About 73 percent of 61 million Social Security beneficiaries are retired workers, and about 17 percent are disabled workers and their dependents. (Check out Fact Checker’s guide to Social Security for answers to basic questions on the program and how it is financed.) Interestingly, the vast majority of counties with the highest rates of disability beneficiaries are mostly white and rural — mirroring the counties that voted overwhelmingly for Trump. Lastly, we’ll note the financing problems in the disability trust fund are a part of a larger financial imbalance in the Social Security program.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 06:56 UTC