I am plowing through old messages, and found this.
I to think it is interesting how many well to do hams their are on this
list.
Coincidence, I think not. I submit for argument, that the lessons learned
early by being a ham, were major contributors to people's success later in
life.
Furthermore, I believe that Ham radio pre-selects for people who are
intellegent, compitant, and have the qualities necessary to be successful.
They therefore should be lauded and appreciated for advancing the abilities
and causes for all blind people, and all ham radio operators.
That's my spin on this issue.
Remember, the millionaires don't take anything away that patience and code
can't replace.
Not learning the code is a choice, and 100 watts of CW is more efficient
than 2000 watts of sideband.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: The Sin of Omission: A Re buttal of Goodwill’s Policy Statement
on Subminimum Wage Payments to Workers with Disabilities
> how about the ability to not get fed over by multi millionaires, and be =
> able to actually afford to live let alone buy ham radio stuff? if you =
> can't afford to put food on the table or liv independently, it would be =
> rather hard to have radios wouldn't it? To be honest I am surprised at =
> how many seemingly well to do blind hams there are on this list. =
> constantly talking about getting new radios, towers ext, and i am going =
> to assume you are one of those who have and always have had plenty of =
> money. I know what it is like to not have food on the table to pay rent =
> and wonder if you will be abe to have a place to live by the time you =
> get money to pay the rent. There are a lot of disabled people with =
> nothing who depend on sometimes unsafe unsanitary disgusting government =
> housing. You can't put up antennas in government housing. so What does =
> this have to do with ham radio? a great deal.
> If you can't have antennas and can't live somewhere decent, and have to =
> struggle to just exist, ham radio isn't exactly easy, as it is not a =
> cheap hobby. I am currently off the air because I have to wait to get =
> money to fix up my antennas in fact, and I am lucky enough to live in a =
> home with my girlfriend
>
> On Jun 25, 2013, at 7:35 PM, dustin thompson =
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> WHHHAAAAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH HAAAAAM RAAAAADDDDDIO!!!! END =
> screaming. lol
>
> On 6/25/13, Zach Shifflett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Man, this makes me sick to even read.
> I've been following this story for a while over twitter and other
> various places around the web, and I'm still horrified about this.
> I really hope they get what's coming to them.
> And to think, the ceo's blind? A blind guy, who should know better,
> taking advantage of the rest of his own quote community?
> Unbelievable. What a bastard.
>
> On 6/24/13, Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> for those that don't want to keep up with this feel free to hit the =3D
> delete key. As a disabled person I feel that this must change. and =3D
> change fast or there might be more protests counting the ones last year.
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> Begin msg
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> The Sin of Omission: A Rebuttal of Goodwill=3D92s Policy Statement on =3D
> Subminimum Wage Payments to Workers with Disabilities
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> Submitted by alewis on Fri, 06/21/2013 - 08:40=3D20
> Blog Date:=3D20
> Friday, June 21, 2013
> By Anil Lewis
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> With the pending broadcast of a national news story on NBC Rock Center
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> tonight making the public aware of the legal ability for employers to =3D
> pay workers with disabilities wages less than the federal minimum wage, =
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> Goodwill International, a self-proclaimed leader in the employment of =3D
> people with disabilities, has decided to make a preemptive case for =3D
> taking advantage of this unfair, discriminatory, and immoral provision.
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> Goodwill=3D92s position paper, entitled "Employment of People with =3D
> Disabilities through FLSA Section 14(c)," is a failed attempt to justify
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> the unjustifiable. By using more palatable language, and stating a =3D
> biased perspective without giving full information, Goodwill is =3D
> committing a sin of omission, one that threatens to keep over =3D
> four-hundred thousand people with disabilities from receiving the proper
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> training and support to secure gainful employment at the federal minimum
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> wage or higher.=3D20
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