The GAO found that the Social Security Administration does not use its own automated system to flag workers who may be earning too much income to qualify for benefits.
estimating that 1,500 workers were receiving about $1.7 million monthly. Of them, one-quarter were U.S. Postal Service employees and 16 percent were Defense Department civilians.
the TSA employee started receiving disability benefits in 1995 for “mood and anxiety disorders.” But she started full-time work in 2003 and earned as much as $50,000; the income cap after which disability payments are supposed to stop was $940 per month in 2008.
a Postal Service worker in Michigan received an overpayment of about $45,000. That worker was approved for “mood and personality disorders” in 2004 but returned to work later that year. The payments continued through early 2007, and then picked up again in late 2008. According to the report, a repayment of about $37,000 was made in 2008.
62,000 workers who received commercial driver’s licenses after they were deemed eligible for full disability benefits
I’m assuming union dues are from a percentage of whatver the (overpaid) income is...so it’s a win/win for Dimocraps.