Unfit forWork The startling rise of disability in AmericaIn the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The disability program stands in opposition to every one of these aims. The PCG agents help the potentially disabled fill out the Social Security disability application over the phone. People at the Social Security Administration, which runs the federal disability programs, say we cannot afford this. Goss is confident that Congress will act to keep disability payments flowing, probably by taking money from the Social Security retirement fund.