[Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question

Mon Jan 6 20:49:28 UTC 2014

yes the money goes for transportation,
I know here as when I turn 62 I will look into rolling silver wear for 
Olive Garden.
Because of what I get now, I would lose my medicare if I go over $900 a month.
When I get on ssdi then I can do a bit better not losing this at all.
I'm wondering if there is a place that would work for Harold.
This I would start part time.

Original message:
> i know seniors that are not disabled and are making at least minimum
> wage. It isn't enough to just be working. Most of what he makes goes to
> transit in the winter just to get to work. It's simply not right. I
> refuse to make excuses for this and oh well at least he's working isn't
> good enough.
> On 1/6/2014 8:28 AM, d m gina wrote:
>> What I will say here though, is at least he is working, and at his age
>> no one else would hire him.
>> That is what is sad for the seniors who still want to be active
>> earning money but are just that a senior.
>> I'm sure with all of the noise we will make across the country we will
>> be noticed.
>> That is a plus and a swell start.

>> Original message:
>>> also my husband isn't just making subminimum wages, he only works twelve
>>> hours a week which means he brings home aproximately 120 dollars every
>>> two weeks.
>>> that's not much money. Yoou can bet that most nondisabled people
>>> wouldn't even consider working for that.
>>> On 1/5/2014 9:23 PM, Dan Burke wrote:
>>>> 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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