The anti-public radio folks should read that NPR article. By no means does it parrot liberal talking points. The Atlantic article was incomplete in one way. It didn't mention that the SSA, in order to encourage people to get off disability, allows them to gross about $1,150 per month from work without losing their check. That can be a nice supplement to the average disability check of $1,300. The problem is that usually recipients won't want to increase their hours even if they can handle that. The SSDI check is their primary security; they don't want to lose it because if they need it later it will be difficult to get it back. The part-time jobs that they get also tend to be quite insecure, with little if any career potential.