I agree - I often wonder about that myself...

--David

At 06:02 AM 10/29/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>I don't know, but I see people every day who will realistically never
>work, being given thousands of dollars worth of equipment that I who
>trudge off to work every day, will never be able to afford or get
>anybody to buy for me.  I mean note takers, with the latest and
>greatest updates, GPS, blue tooth embossers and the most modern
>braille displays, Not to mention service agreements, update
>contracts, computers scanners, screen readers, OCR programs, and
>Internet as well.
>Their are people who get this stuff who have worked, and or will work
>in the future.  I don't mind those people getting equipment and
>training.   But that is a small per centage.  Worse of all, they are
>doing it with my money.  That's right, the equipment I can never
>dream of affording to get, that would make my life as a tax payer so
>much easier; is being purchased with my money for people who have
>never, and will never hold down a paying job in their lives.  They
>will never pay taxes, support families, buy houses or be able to
>financially invest in anything.
>
>Gee, when we reward disfunctional behavior, what do you think we are
>going to get more of?
>
>I would give every legally blind person an old computer, demo copies
>of a screen reader and freeware aplications, as well as training.  I
>believe that what computer technology can do for us is as basic as
>the rights of children to go to school.  This can be done for $100 a
>person.  Anything else, you have to show concreete evidence of being
>able to get use out of.  I see high school graduates, with their
>braille notes over their shoulders, who can't write a paragraph on a
>slate and stylus.  Let's see, $6,000 for a note taker, $30 for a
>slate and a bunch of stylusses that will last a lifetime.  They use
>our money to buy the technology rather than demand that their
>teachers are qualified enough to teach them the slate.
>
>GPS, great!  That is if you are often in unknown territory.  If not,
>lurn how to memorize, and ask questions.  We who can't buy an
>optional technology at least in the reel world; must go with out it.
>
>If I quit my job, and say I want to return to work, you all will buy
>it for me.
>I do wonder why I am working?
>
>
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