I wish that were true, Ed, but it isn't always. Moreover, it's called a "minimum wage" for a reason. 

Nuff said, this is off topic for this list anyhow.
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On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:59 PM, Ed Malmgren <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>    I think if a disabled person can do the job as well as a so called non 
> disabled person, most times will get the same pay.  The person must perform 
> as well however.
> Ed   K7UC
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:42 AM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fwd: Please Sign and Circulate the Petition to Support Fair Wages 
> for Workers with Disabilities
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> got this from a list I'm on
>>> =20
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> Petition to Support Fair Wages
>>> for Workers with Disabilities
>>> =20
>>> =
>> www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>
>>> =20
>>> We, the undersigned, are Americans with disabilities who are adversely
>>> affected by subminimum wage payments to workers with disabilities;
>>> representatives of organizations made up of, and working on behalf of,
>>> Americans with disabilities; friends and family members of individuals =
>> who
>>> have disabilities; and other concerned citizens who believe in =
>> fairness and
>>> equality.  We all speak in support of the repeal of Section 14(c) of =
>> the
>>> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which authorizes Special Wage =
>> Certificates
>>> that permit employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum =
>> wages,
>>> some as low as 3 cents per hour.
>>> =20
>>> We reject the low expectations for, the false view of the true =
>> capacity of,
>>> and the misguided compassion used to justify this discrimination =
>> against
>>> workers with disabilities.  This provision has existed for over =
>> seventy
>>> years, and rather than creating real employment opportunities for =
>> workers
>>> with disabilities, it has relegated hundreds of thousands of people =
>> with
>>> disabilities to segregated, subminimum wage work environments, =
>> perpetuated
>>> the misconception that workers with disabilities do not have the =
>> capacity
>>> for productive employment, and masked the need for further development =
>> and
>>> implementation of innovative employment strategies for the competitive
>>> integrated employment of people with disabilities.
>>> We all believe that the future prospects for workers with disabilities =
>> are
>>> limited only by the spirit, ambition, and imagination of Americans =
>> with
>>> disabilities, and by the willingness of society to expand and =
>> implement
>>> enlightened policies that will help them succeed.  We adamantly assert =
>> that
>>> as long as workers with disabilities are denied the same workforce
>>> protections as every other American citizen, and the solution to the
>>> employment dilemma of workers with disabilities is thought to be their
>>> continued segregation in subminimum-wage work environments, our =
>> society will
>>> never truly implement the innovative employment strategies that =
>> empower
>>> workers with disabilities to fully participate in the workforce.
>>> For these reasons, we, the undersigned, urge the repeal of Section =
>> 14(c) of
>>> the Fair Labor Standards Act in order to abolish the unfair, =
>> discriminatory,
>>> immoral practice of paying workers with disabilities subminimum wages; =
>> to
>>> reverse over seventy years of mistaken institutionalized thinking =
>> about the
>>> employment capacity of people with disabilities; and to incentivize =
>> the
>>> development, implementation, and use of innovative strategies for =
>> their
>>> competitive, integrated employment.
>>> =20
>>> To sign the petition, visit
>>> =
>> www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>
>>> =20