[blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

[Ford, Tim (CDPH-OLS)]

This line of e-mails seems to me to be well outside of a blind lawyer
list, not every political or governmental action is something this list
should be discussing, especially since there have been dozens of notes
amongst what seems to be a small group of contributors.  So this is just
one person's vote that perhaps we can move on to more list-appropriate
topics?  

Sincerely,
Tim Ford
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
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Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

and its pretty pathetic that with all this so-called or investment the
blind have an unemployment rate of over 70%. Due to the lack of planning
for employment and effective support if this were a business proposal
the rate of return would be pretty poor based on the way the government
has handled support and enforcement of laws affecting the blind.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind


> The American Community Survey only tracks the senosry impaired.   That
> incluides the deaf.  We need to know about the blind, the deaf blind, 
> the visually impaired and the color blind.  We need to know the status

> of the blind in society, where we need to change things and we cannot 
> do that when the government does not track this specific minority.  
> Including us in a general class is not going to do it.
>
> There is no reason to ignore the blind and we need this done NOW, not 
> 10 years from now, NOW.  All of this should have been done 36 years 
> ago with the passing of the Rehabilitation Act.
>
> Our economy spends 50 billion dollars a year on the blind, most of 
> that is in government payouts to support the blind. The US Government 
> pays out $266,000 to each blind person over their lifetime on average 
> in public assistance.  If you mutliply the 50 billion figure over the 
> past 36 years of the Rehabilitation Act, the US economy has spent 1.8 
> Trillion dollars on the blind.  The US government should be tracking 
> the results of that expenditure but it is not doing it, because the 
> results are terrible.
>
> So who cares if the census is going to have to be redone, do we have 
> to spend another 500 billion dollars to wait for a real census just so

> the government policies can maintain us at a 70% unemployement rate?
>
> James Pepper
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