From: hheagy@delphi.com
Subject: Re: ACB Washington Connection (fwd)
My Point in referring to President Maurer's exchange with the
critic, which I haven't heard personally either,  was that since he
was one of those instrumental in having the resolution passed, he
should have told the critic the reasons why he believed it to be
right as well as explaining why it was a presidential
responsibility to carry out the wishes of the convention, and maybe
he did, I don't know.  I disclaimed my info with the fact that it
was second hand information.  Before this happened, we were one of
the few minorities that did not expect political correctness.  I
think this helped us just as in the days when most minorities were
asking for quotas and such we did not.  We simply wanted blind
people to be hired on our merits and to succeed or fail on our
own.  This also helped our cause in that we did not expect
something for nothing.  I think the real reason the Affirmative
Action proponents are loosing the gains they made is not because
of conservative court decisions or republican controlled
congresses but because it simply does not work to put an
unqualified person into a position for which they are not
qualified; it is as simple as that.
As far as the 30-thousand dollars in earnings is concerned, I
think we have every right to have it if the senior citizens have
it.  Why should we have been disconnected from the 65-69 year old
bracket just because the government felt they should have more
earnings power?  Frankly, I think we should be in the 70 and
older bracket which totally eliminates the earnings test.  Even
if we get good jobs we have technology maintenance to pay for
and other expenses others do not have.  It does us no good to
work if all our earnings are consumed by blind related expenses.
Several years ago, we convinced S.S.A. of the need for the
elimination of the earnings test but their objection was that if
they gave it to us they would have to give it to all the
disabled.  We said that was not necessarily true; that other
disabled groups would have to make their own cases if they wanted
it.  I would like  to see us go back to fighting for that
designation.  But at the very least, we should have what the
seniors 65-69 have.  Otherwise this sets a dangerous precedent
in that congress could simply disconnect us any time they wanted
to give the seniors something they didn't want us to have.
Harvey
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