...And the 2 so-called lobby organizations for the Blind do not have much of 
an outreach for minorities--who have a much higher rate of juvinile 
blindness.  A great big radical like me once mentioned to a local official 
from one of the 2 groups (which shall remain nameless so as not to start 
world war III) that we should have an outreach for minorities and I was told 
that "Ah! I don't want none of them N****rs in my group.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: This has nothing to do with ham radio


It's funny, when a law benefits others it's socialism and a bad thing, when
it benefits us, it isn't socialism and is a good thing.  Every year in my
work, I meet four or five people who are legally blind because of untreated
glaucoma.  And why is their glaucoma untreated?  Because they have no Health
Insurance that's why.  Now, they will get SSI money out of the U.S Treasury
for the rest of their lives, they will get health insurance through title
xix, and they will swallow thousands of tax dollars through vocational
rehabilitation.  These people tend to be people of color, and people with
poor educations.  It's no shame to be blind, but it's no great honor either.
I just hate to see people become blind and a burden on the tax payer
unnecessarily.