“Do you also get disability for being butt-less?
(sorry, I couldn’t resist)”
No disability. There is no medicare code for “butt-less”.
Being butt-less is considered by some to be an ASSet.
(sorry)
The disconnect is not difficult to figure out: gubmint has pretty much stayed on track in terms of pay and benefits according to circa 1950s/60s rules while folks in the private sector without significant skill sets have seen their pay decrease, stagnate or only inch up slightly in “constant dollars.”
What is surprising is that they use the private sector as a benchmark and not the public sector.