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She said this in terms of the rule ignores the reality of american life. plenty of parents that support can't claim over 18 children as dependents getting disability status is notoriously difficult and food is an immediate need. what if somebody has an undiagnosed mental issue like severe depression. >> what? >> nice try. >> she's trying to cover her tracks. when it comes down to it there were 2.1 million potential hires out there, able-bodied adults under the age of 50 without dependents who are receiving food stamps despite not working. in the meantime in this country, 50 year low unemployme...

>> well, first of all, let's be clear. i don't want to sound like i'm defending administration here but let's get the facts right. there has been a continuing problem for decade with claims for disability status that with a huge backlog of those. it has been whittled down, was, it, when bush came into office, took you average of 230 days to get that disability claim turned down or accepted. that was worked down to about 161 days. it is now back up by 2012 to 262 days. that is a continuing problem. however, what we're dealing with here is a new thing and that is, that inside the va, there were ...

Of mail that were delayed processed between 11 work days and 486 work days. 30 day average failed by va standards and in philadelphia, ig found mail brim from letters from vets that was not entered into the system and following up that staff may have been cherry-picking claims and responding to easy ones and leaving others out of luck. and 85 million overpaid on disability status that the va never bothered for a follow- up visit. any real change must be spearheaded by the new va secretary. >> there is a leadership and management failure in va that is profound. and the new va secretary has to c...