Attorney Joseph Rattman: Congress prepares Social Security Disability Cuts

Congressional Republicans are demanding cuts to Social Security Disability and the other "safety net" programs as they bargain to end the government shutdown and avoid default on the national debt. To pave the way and sway public opinion, they have used a media campaign against the disabled. Here are links to numerous efforts to counter the attacks against the disabled with truth

Media Matters: 60 Minutes Denounced for Misinformation on Disability

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/07/60-minutes-report-denounced-for-disability-misi/196317

FAIR: What Did 60 Minutes Get Wrong About Disability?

http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/10/07/what-did-60-minutes-get-wrong-about-disability/

Michael Hiltzik, LA Times: 60 Minutes Shameful Attack on the Disabled

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-disabled-20131007,0,7195237.story

George Zornick, The Nation: 60 Minutes Gets Disability Insurance All Wrong

http://www.thenation.com/blog/176532/60-minutes-gets-disability-insurance-all-wrong

Greg Mitchell, The Nation: Outrage Grows Over 60 Minutes’ Hatchet Job on Disability

http://www.thenation.com/blog/176539/outrage-grows-over-60-minutes-hatchet-job-disability-fraud

Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics: The Lie Never Dies

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/60-minutes-disability-report-denounced-100713