[Nfbmo] Judge finds blind people owed 30 million

[Dewey Bradley]

I haven't been to school sence high school, I'm just looking for a job like 
most people
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Sievert" <msievert at sbcglobal.net>
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> Dewey,
>
> Are you still in school?
>
> If so what are your aspirations for the future?
>
> I am interested in hearing what goals people have set for themselves.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2010, at 5:27 PM, "Dewey Bradley" <dewey.bradley at mchsi.com> 
> wrote:
>
> Same here, I can't say that I blame them either.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 2:42 PM
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>
>
> you want to talk hypocritical/ethics?
> i know several people who moved to mo for the bucks.
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewey Bradley" 
> <dewey.bradley at mchsi.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Judge finds blind people owed 30 million
>
>
> I don't mean to be a hypocrite. But That $651 on the 10th of every month 
> really is very helpful.
> But we have also have people who are not disabled who can't get help like 
> that.
> I think that if we want to be treated like everyone else we need to act 
> like everyone else.
> I used to make close to 16 bucks an hour, an I took the bus for half price
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 10:08 PM
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>
>
> Can I be a "back dated" honorary Missourian?
>
> Dave
>
> At 04:26 PM 4/2/2010, you wrote:
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> Posted: Friday, 02 April 2010 12:12PM
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>
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> Judge awards $30 million to blind Missourians
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>
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> KMOXNews at kmox.com
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>
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> ST. LOUIS (AP)  -- Missouri owes $30 million to 3,300 blind residents to 
> make up for years of shortchanging payments to them through the Blind 
> Pension Fund,
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> a judge has ruled.
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>
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> Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce determined the Missouri Department of 
> Social Services miscalculated benefits dating to 1992. She awarded nearly 
> $19 million
>
> in unpaid benefits and more than $11 million in interest.
>
>
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> It wasn't clear Friday whether the state would appeal Thursday's decision. 
> A Social Services spokesman referred questions to the Missouri Attorney 
> General's
>
> office. A spokeswoman for the attorney general did not return messages 
> seeking comment.
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>
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> Pensioners were underpaid for more than a decade, said attorney Deborah 
> Greider, who filed the class action lawsuit on behalf of the St. 
> Louis-based Missouri
>
> Council of the Blind and seven blind Missourians. After the lawsuit was 
> filed about five years ago, Missouri recalculated the pension and now pays 
> a fair
>
> amount, she said.
>
>
>
> The average blind pensioner now receives about $651 a month from the 
> state, and for many, that is their only income.
>
>
>
> "Most of these people are poor and unemployed, many are elderly," Greider 
> said. She recalled testimony from one blind woman who was asked what an 
> additional
>
> $40 a month would mean to her.
>
>
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> "She said, 'I could feed my guide dog better, I could get a pizza once in 
> a while,'" Greider said. "It was really heartbreaking."
>
>
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> Denny Huff, president of the Missouri Council of the Blind, said the state 
> shorted people who were already on tight budgets.
>
>
>
> "To be denied even a percentage of what they should have been receiving 
> may not seem like much to some people," he said, "but for a lot of 
> recipients, it
>
> affected them a great deal."
>
>
>
> The Missouri Constitution has required the General Assembly since 1875 to 
> levy an annual property tax to fund the Blind Pension Fund. But starting 
> in 1992,
>
> the state began using some of the money for other expenses, Greider said.
>
>
>
> For example, some of the money goes to rehabilitation services for the 
> blind. But Greider said the pensions should be fully funded first, with 
> leftover
>
> money going for rehab services.
>
>
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