[NFBMO] Blind Pension Legislation

[Roger Crome]

You don’t find it retaliatory that in the same year that the lawsuit was settled, the legislature passes measures to change provisions that will allow DSS to keep Pension payments the same or decrease them at their discretion?

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> On May 19, 2018, at 8:08 PM, Bryan Schulz via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What retaliation?
> It's common sense.
> Why should you be allowed to have a drivers license if your vision is poor
> enough to qualify for blind pension?
> A spouse can still make 82k and the spouse still gets to keep receiving
> blind pension?
> A stl state employee made about 50k for years and still received blind
> pension, all she had to do is lie on the annual form.
> Bryan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Roger Crome via NFBMO
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2018 12:43 PM
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> Cc: Roger Crome <r_crome1 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Blind Pension Legislation
> 
> Yep, definite retaliation for the lawsuit.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 18, 2018, at 10:03 PM, Gene Coulter via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> HB 2171, the Blind Pension bill, was truly agreed to and finally 
>> passed late on Thursday.
>> 
>> The amendments include the 500% poverty limit for a sighted spouse and 
>> forbid the recipients from having a drivers license among other items.
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
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