That wouldn’t have helped with today’s issues unless Democrats managed to stay in power. As Trump would just have expanded the court again…

I can assure you that I’m still alive and do not currently hunger for brains of the living.

I’ve heard that this could also used as a defence for companies, “we told them not to do it that way so it’s clearly not our fault(sure we might have added some winks when we said that but that was just dry air, honest)”.

From a purely government monetary income and cost perspective there are definitely disabled people who would be a net negative. But yeah sure it does depend on the type of disability and their ability to find work that is compatible.