from the planet money piece, disability has been a defacto welfare program for people without a lot of education or job skills. but it wasn't supposed to serve this purpose. it is not a retraining program designed to get people back on their feet. that piece sparked huge controversy as we enter budgets and washington contemplates so-called entitlement reformt, stakes are very high. so high that eight commissioners of the social security administration wrote a detailed letter to npr to express concerns with the report stating quote as former commissioners of the age sin we could not sit on the side lines and witness this perspective on the disability programs threaten to pull the rug out from millions of people with severe disabilities. drastic consequences for some of america's most vulnerable people. and this is exactly what drudge report readers want. joining me from newton, massachusetts, is social