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So what is the solution again? oh yeah, put all those people out on the streets. Don't worry they are disabled so when they riot all we have to do is kick out their fake leg and then they flop around on the pavement like a fish. Don't worry, CP doesn't just want them to die, he wants to destroy your life also. You see, when these people have no more money to spend they will have to stop buying stuff. This will cause another downturn in our economy which will put more people out of work who CP also supports having them die in the gutter. Since those people will also not have money to spend then we will cut more demand and more jobs.
Yes people CP actually wants to destroy america with his plan of eliminating almost all demand for products and killing off every one of your jobs. At least it is not just cripples he doesn't care about. Of course, some of us who understand economics know you cannot support supply and demand off the one percent, but don't let simple things get in the way of faux outrage.
Yeah, of COURSE the solution is to just walk away...'cause that's what everybody is saying, right?
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How about we focus on adaptive programs that would help place individuals with disabilities into working positions that don't make it near impossible for them to do their jobs? ADA is one thing, but obviously it isn't enough if we have 8 million+ people drawing disability instead of working.
I managed a gentleman who was paralyzed from waist to toe. He worked 35-45 hours a week covering the janitorial, box office, and concession positions in a movie theater. He worked his way through certification to become a real estate agent and ended up acquiring his license about 18 months in. Now he sells houses and makes about 2x a year more than me. But technically he could just sit and draw disability at 100%...he did it for three years before he decided he wanted more out of life than total dependence on others.
I've seen mentally retarded adults trained in a multitude of service positions, from mechanical repair, to stocking, to housekeeping, to back-of-house services in animal boarding facilities.
I've seen morbidly obese people perform a multitude of jobs, from truck driving to office work to carpet cleaning to management to sales.
The fact is, many of the "disabled" aren't incapable. We hide behind ADA saying we've done enough, and anybody that isn't working after ADA laws can't work, so the only option is to just pay 'em off and let 'em wallow. That's pretty ignorant and insulting, IMO. While there are certainly a number of disabled Americans who are temporarily unable to work, and a smaller number who are permanently unable to work, the majority don't fall into either category. So why do we relegate them to a position where they're little more than wards of the state? Why are we not instituting short-term, one-time-expense programs that will help them acquire a modified or new skill set that will allow them to succeed with the challenges they face from their disability?
But I can see why somebody would post a bunch of hyperbolic B.S. strawman nonsense....why discuss practical solutions when it's so much easier to insult somebody who suggests the current system is broken?