[NFBMT] vote early and often

[d m gina]

If the blind rehabs closed, would this also effect the federation in 
the states who is teaching blind skills anything like that?

Original message:
> I got a call today from a toll free number.  A nice friendly African American
> lady was on the other end of the line, representing an organization whose
> name I have since forgotten, wanting me to call my Republican Senator and
> urge him to vote for the tax bill currently being debated in the Senate.  I
> politely declined, telling her I had already contacted him.  She asked me if
> I wanted to do it again.  She said she could transfer me right over, and it
> wouldn't take a moment.  I then told her that I had already contacted my
> Senator, and that I had urged him not to vote for the tax bill.  She took a
> small breath while she changed gears, and said she understood and thanked me
> and told me to have a good day.  I was shocked and didn't know whether to
> laugh or be angry.



> These people are serious, folks.  I don't know what the final bill will be by
> the time the House and senate get through compromising, or not, but I have
> serious concerns about what I have heard so far during the senate debate.
> The agenda seems to be to construct this huge tax overhaul bill behind closed
> doors without bipartisan input, and to push this through as quickly as
> possible, without any public hearings.  I don't know what the burnt hurry is.
> I feel like we are being thrown under the bus.  This seems to be insanity to
> me, and I don't know where we left the rails.  I did hear someone say last
> week that we are in the state we are because social media gives equal time
> and equal weight to truth and falsehood, without any way to discern between
> them.  We are taught these days that truth is not discernible, what is true
> for you may not be true for me.  Anyone who thinks differently is above a
> certain age or is not enlightened or holds beliefs that are archaic and not
> relevant to these present times in which we live.  I could say hogwash, but
> that wouldn't change anyone's mind; it would just cement the idea in other
> minds that my mind is closed and I want to bury my head in the sand and live
> in a fairyland world that doesn't exist anymore, and thank goodness for that.




> These are my own personal views, not necessarily the views of the National
> Federation of the Blind or any of its members.



> As my stomach turns,



> Joy Breslauer

> President

> National Federation of the Blind of Montana

> Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/>



> Live the life you want



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> who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
> together to help blind people live the lives they want.





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