Jeff Bezos' Washington Post Is Upset About People Getting Disability Insurance

The paper owned by the man who got incredibly rich by avoiding state and local sales taxes is upset because workers are getting Social Security disability payments that average less than $1,300 a month. Since the U.S. has one of the least generous disability programs of any wealthy country, this might seem like a strange concern. Here's the picture from the OECD.

 

 

disability gdp

Source: OECD.

Of course the Post is also a paper that gets hysterical over the prospect that truck drivers will get...

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Published on July 02, 2018 22:31
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