Sixty Minutes Disability Piece: Two More Items

There are a couple of other points worth making on the Sixty Minutes piece beyond what I said earlier. First, the numbers involved should be put in some context. The Sixty Minutes folks were warning us that if the Disability fund runs dry, "it's your money and our money." So we should know how much of our money is at stake.

According to the Social Security Trustees Report, spending on the disability program in 2013 will be $144.8 billion. If we go to CEPR's incredibly spiffy responsible budge...