Tag: Social Security Disability Insurance

view of the Hungarian Parliament Building and Danube river in the historical center of Budapest

The purpose of federal disability benefits is to provide financial support to people who are impaired and can’t earn a living. But if they can work, the government wants to encourage them. Striking the right balance is tricky when setting a limit on how much a beneficiary who works is permitted to earn under t…

Close up of an arm in a cast next to a doctor holding a bottle of pills

It reduces Social Security applications and new beneficiaries. Enthusiasm seems to be running high for Family and Medical Leave programs.  My views are mixed: as a human I can see some benefit; as a person trying to run a small organization, extended leaves are just annoying.  Some critics have a more specific concern – namely,…