Very good question @flyinghigher.
I do know a number of people who are living on disability because of various ailments, some real, some imagined. Either way, it is not much of a living since it is meager pay ($600-$700 in some cases).
The question I have is can businesses not find workers or is it they cant find workers for what they are offering to pay.
We are living in an age where wages have been held down while corporate profits exploded.