Charles Lane Beats Up on the Disabled, Again

With the economy mired in its longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression, the richest one percent getting near all of the gains from economic growth, and a thoroughly corrupt financial sector surviving the crisis largely intact, the thoughts of folks like Washington Post columnist Charles Lane naturally turn to the Social Security disability program. Lane is upset because the cost of the program has been rising rapidly.

The most immediate reason for this increase is the ec...