[Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question

Mon Jan 6 14:53:07 UTC 2014

If I were making at least minimum wage and working full time or at leste 
close to it the benefits wouldn't be very important to me at all. If I 
could I would give up my ssdi in a heartbeat. I would love not to need 
rent assistance because I'd have my privacy back.
On 1/5/2014 10:34 PM, Bruce&Joy Breslauer wrote:
> Whatever any state raises their minimum wage to, it stands to reason that
> subminimum wages will be lower than that, which only makes our point even
> stronger.  If people think that minimum wages should be increased in order
> to give workers a decent living wage, imagine how those making subminimum
> wages must feel.  They don't have a chance to make a living wage.  But if a
> person is disabled or poverty stricken enough and qualifies thereby for
> certain Federal or state Government help, like SSI or SSDI or Medicaid or
> Medicare or SNAP or any one of a number of other programs, having their
> wages raised to a certain level might disqualify them for whatever
> income-based programs they would otherwise qualify for, and that may make
> things worse for them financially than before.  Aren't these some of the
> concerns that might be raised concerning our quest for doing away with
> subminimum wages?  How will we answer such questions?  Joy
>
>   -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan Burke
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 9:23 PM
> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question
>
> It does matter that it is raised on Colorado and in Montana, because that
> means that while nondisabled workers may actually be guaranted a state
> minimum above the federal minimum wage, some disabled workers in those same
> states are still paid below the federal minimum wage. The divide grows wider
> and wider and we need to be the ones who bring a magnifing glass to this for
> the public and to bring it to an end!
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 1/5/14, Rebecca Stewart <becca33 at bresnan.net> wrote:
>> I'm sorry but I really don't care that they are raising the minimum
>> wage in CO.  Our issue is that our brethren are being paid
>> "subminimum" wages so it won't matter to our cause what CO raises their MW
> to.
>> Becca
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dmgina
>> Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 5:24 PM
>> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question
>>
>> What are they raising it too!
>>
>> Dar
>> Every saint has a past,
>> Every sinner has a future
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Dan Burke <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Colorado is one of the states that is raising its minimum wage this year.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 1/5/14, Dmgina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>>>> 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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