[nfbwatlk] Less than minimum wage ?

Denise Mackenstadt dmackenstadt at comcast.net
Mon Jul 18 23:10:50 UTC 2011


Minimum wage is hardly a living wage. It is a statement of our cultural values when we say that we only value certain types of work performed by certain people. I do not believe that we should continue as a country to support a policy which came about in the 1930s. Again I think this is a statement of how we value a human being. What is the value of any kind of work?  I am not ready to judge whether one person's work is of a value to allow for a living wage or not.
Denise Mackenstadt
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Denise Mackenstadt
Mackenstadt Rehabilitation Services

On Jul 18, 2011, at 2:46 PM, "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I agree that there are some people who, due to some really extenuating
> disability, can not produce a product that is not even worth minimum wage.
> However, not blind people.  Blindness is not, and will not be, an
> extenuating disability in which I am preventing myself to work, and blind
> people can produce a product or service that could be much more than minimum
> wage--and, if a blind person should earn minimum wage, he or she must be
> able to do so, and competitively like the other people that earn minimum
> wages.
> 
> 
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> It is the opinion of this writer that there should be some exemptions to the
> minimum wage law.  There are many individuals who cannot produce a product
> or service that is worth even minimum wage.  I think those who should be on
> the excmption list include about 75% of congress, the IRS, the social
> security administration and my internet provider's No HELP desk.
> 
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