Showing posts with label Puerto Rico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puerto Rico. Show all posts

Friday, March 25, 2011

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH PUERTO RICO?

Following up on the Social Security Disability story in Puerto Rico there seems to be a pattern here:

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's nonvoting congressional delegate was the biggest spender last year in the U.S. House of Representatives, a nonpartisan foundation says.
Pedro Pierluisi claimed $2.1 million in expenses, topping House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by $257,000, according to a report issued Monday by the Sunlight Foundation, which promotes government transparency.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY ABOUT TO GO BELLY UP HERE'S WHY!

Here's something honest taxpayers should file in their "Hola Suckers" file:

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico—This mountainside town is home to a picturesque cathedral, a tobacco museum and a Wal-Mart Supercenter. Another defining feature: Caguas's 00725 zip code has more people who receive a disability check than any other in the U.S.
Puerto Rico has emerged in recent years as one of the easiest places in the U.S. to get payments from the Social Security Disability Insurance program, created during the Eisenhower administration to help people who can't work because of a health problem. In 2010, 63% of applicants there won approval, four percentage points higher than New Jersey and Wyoming,- Wall Street Journal
Sure smells like waste fraud and abuse to me! Perhaps a little Federal Government scrutiny of the beneficiaries might be in order to weed out the slackers and save us taxpayers some money.