[stylist] Washington Seminar Article

[Barbara Hammel]

I think what they're wanting to do with SSDI is a grand thing.  I wish that 
all government programs would work in this fashion.  The way I'd try selling 
it to a group that has no clue is for them to consider how much money is 
spent on SSDI--make up a small sample of receivers--and then give examples 
of how much less could be spent if these people worked and their checks were 
lessened.  I though the handout explanation of Jane was very good.  These 
people need to understand that a blind person just can't go out and work two 
or three jobs as easily as the totally independent sighted person who can 
pull their keys out of their pockets and put them in the ignition and take 
off in their cars on a whim.  Blind persons have to follow schedules of the 
transportation that they can obtain.
Barbara

A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.

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From: "Angela Fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:54 AM
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Subject: [stylist] Washington Seminar Article

> Hello everyone,
>    I'm working on an op-ed piece for my school newspaper about Washington
> seminar. I'd be interested to hear your feedback. Also, if you have any
> suggestions on how to tackle the SSDI issue in a brief paragraph to an
> audience who can in no way relate to it, please let me know.
> Angela
>



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