[nfb-talk] my ideas for ending SSI & SSDI

[T. Joseph Carter]

I think it would be difficult to regulate that kind of stupidity out 
of existence.  Moreover, the attempt is somewhat dangerous, because 
the power of the government to control what is in your employer's 
sales script for a telemarketer is most fundamentally an infringement 
of free speech.

I'd never work for a person who attempted to use my disability to 
make a buck.  I don't know many who would.  Exposure tends to end 
such practices without government intervention, most of the time.

There is danger in under-regulation, but I don't think this example 
holds very well.  I don't believe you can legislate or regulate 
morality or common sense.  If you could, Congress would be illegal.

No, such lessons must be taught by hitting the people like your 
lightbulb salesman where it counts—right in the pocketbook.

Joseph


On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:04:25AM -0700, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>The concern that needs to be raised about relying on private 
>industries without adequate regulation is the potential exploitation 
>that still occurs in the name of charity through ventures such as 
>sheltered work shops and the like. When I was in high school a 
>company advertised in hclassified ads for telemarketers to sell light 
>bulbs and other products. The catch was they would hire people with 
>disabilities and required their telemarketers to identify themselves 
>as a disabled person in the course of making calls. Of course, I 
>didn't want the job that badly to stoop to that level.
>Chuck
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>>Indeed I would oppose the removal of the minimum wage for people 
>>with disabilities, and I recognize that raising the minimum wage 
>>results in fewer jobs available to those who need them.
>>
>>If we're bellyaching here about how a tax exemption makes people 
>>think we are incapable of being equal, how does being exempt from 
>>the minimum wage or government subsidized employment make us look?  
>>That's a giant leap backward, in my opinion.  That's especially 
>>true when you start considering the government paperwork and 
>>bureaucracy involved in such a program.
>>
>>What John doesn't seem to get was that the NFB was founded to bring 
>>about the END what he proposes to create.  Maybe the notion that 
>>you do the same work for less pay and don't dare question the voc 
>>rehab agency that (literally) feeds you is acceptable to some 
>>members of the Progressive Party who would gladly give government 
>>total power and zero oversight. The rest of us have heard and lived 
>>enough government horror stories to politely decline.
>>
>>Not that politely declining means anything to the Progressive 
>>Party. They'll ram it through no matter what, because them having a 
>>dictatorship is good for you.
>>
>>Joseph
>>
>>
>>On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:11:51AM -0700, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>>The modification of minimum wage laws would actually be a step 
>>>backward as it undermines equal pay for equal work and would not 
>>>receive support from organized labor. Either we are competing 
>>>equally in the work force or not competing. You can't have it 
>>>both ways.
>>>Chuck
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
>>>To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:07 AM
>>>Subject: [nfb-talk] my ideas for ending SSI & SSDI
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well, technically, these are not ideas for ending SSI and SSDI.
>>>>
>>>>1. Companies should get tax credits for hiring someone on SSI 
>>>>or SSDI equal to the amount the person would have received if 
>>>>they'd stayed on SSI or SSDI. The tax credit could last for one 
>>>>year, two years, three --  whatever it takes. Note that this 
>>>>idea is revenue neutral. Of course, someone would have to be on 
>>>>SSI or SSDI in order to go off SSI or SSDI this way. So my idea 
>>>>doesn't do away with SSI and SSDI. But we don't really want to 
>>>>do that anyway because some people simply cannot work and can 
>>>>never come off SSI or SSDI.
>>>>
>>>>2. Waive minimum wage laws for people on SSI or SSDI for 2 or 3 
>>>>years after they are hired.  The disabled person would continue 
>>>>to get SSI or SSDI while they're working because they'd only be 
>>>>making $1 an hour (or whatever).
>>>>
>>>>
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