[Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question

[sheila]

hi also, if disabled people were paid properly, there could be less 
dependence on programswhich could save a lot of money.
On 1/5/2014 8:04 PM, Rebecca Stewart wrote:
> Hi Dar.  You are right, things are tough everywhere but if our government
> people who spend our tax dollars would use them more wisely, I think things
> could get better and we shouldn't decide that because someone has to take
> the loss of subminimum wages that it should be disabled people.  In my mind,
> if disabled people were paid the same minimum wage as everyone else, it
> would only help our overall situation because it would help our economy.  We
> would have extra money to spend on buying just like everyone else and this
> would only help the economy.  We also need to think of what happens beyond
> minimum wage also.  Once a person starts a job at minimum wage, he/ she
> usually has the opportunity to advance his/ her salary several times during
> their employment so ultimately he/ she would be making beyond minimum,
> closer to a very comfortable wage depending on how hard a person wants to
> work and how long he/ she stays with a given company.  The additional wages
> and benefits that most Americans are enjoying should not be denied disabled
> workers, not in America.
> Becca
>
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> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dmgina
> Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 12:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question
>
> Wow what did you have for breakfast to come up with such thoughts smile!
> As it was shared on the news, Montana doesn't have the money to keep up with
> the raises states are doing. They are doing well to keep jobs.
> I do know to keep our mall open they need to come down in price for renting
> a space.
> No wonder we shop on line.
> This is happening al over, not just the disabled, or the blind.
> It is good to get out there and take a stand.
> We are proud to remind others we too need a raise in the working force.
> Don't know if I came close to your question, just my thoughts.
>
>
> Dar
> Every saint has a past,
> Every sinner has a future
>
>
>> On Jan 5, 2014, at 10:54 AM, "Rik James" <montanarikster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am appreciating what the NFB legislative team is doing. I am looking
> forward to our trip to Washington, to be part of a collective voice to
> express our dismay and disgust at what is, and has been going on for much
> too long for our fellow blind persons.
>> What we will ask them, the Congressional representatives to do is
> important. For us, together and for each of individually, I guess I feel
> like I need to get my head together and be informed.
>> And to be able to boil it down into a few concise and understandable sound
> bytes. Because that is what we will have in the way of time.
>> Go around the room, if you please, now, fellow Fedearationists.
>>
>> Speak your mind now amongst ourselves.
>>
>> Sing the Dress Rehearsal Rag.
>> (Oops, sorry! I drifted in to my music world for a moment, with that
> Leonard Cohen song title.)
>> What do you each know about the history of the minimum wage in America?
>> In the general sense, I think this is valuable to understand.
>>
>> What are the big bullet points of that history, that have led us to right
> now in time?
>> History. All around us. Surrounding us.
>> And the role we play, today, in that history.
>> The future and the present. Unraveling all of it.
>> That is what occupies part of my mind, as I try and see about what I would
> like to be a part of in Washington at the end of this month.
>> I wish I felt more optimistic. I have been following our Congress with
> horror and dismay in the years since last I went on this advocacy
> pilgrimage.
>> And so it makes me rather a grim conversationalist, when sitting around
> talking. Because I worry that we are all of us, sighted, blind and whatever
> in a very rough patch for democratic principles, and anyone without a huge
> money sack of lobby professionals, controlling the pie slicing in America.
>> But I let that rest. Are you glad?
>>
>> But here is the next little thing I have to say. That beyond those few
> moments with a congressmen or one of their staff, there will be time with
> one another, us in the National Federation of the Blind, from Montana, and
> other state affiliate members around the nation, once again. Anything is
> possible. Especially when we remain as we are, and continue to evolve and to
> work together.
>> And that is also precious. Don't you think?
>>
>> I just am hoping now that by that time the weather will cooperate with us,
> too. For our travel needs. It will be what it will be. But I wish for it to
> be smooth sailing, smooth flying, and a waltz on concrete that is not so
> dreadfully slippery as it is here today in my home town.
>> Peace Love Joy.
>> And man the barricades. We will not go back.
>> As Doctor Jernigan and others have chanted lo these decades now for our
> rights for equality and justice, and a fair shake at everything anyone with
> complete normal eyesight has.
>> Rik
>>
>>
>> .
>>
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