http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=250x4091Oh my.
Go, Rand Paul.
nmbluesky (246 posts) Wed May-19-10 09:51 PM
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Rand Paul Wants To Abolish The Americans With Disabilities Act
Paul was asked whether he supports the Americans with Disabilities Act, the landmark 1990 legislation that established a prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability. Paul said he advocates local governments to decide whether disabled individuals deserve rights. Requiring businesses to provide access to disabled people, Paul argued, isn’t “fair to the business owner.†Later in the interview, when asked if he believes Americans have a right to use the 2nd Amendment to violently overthrow the government, a Paul staffer physically intercepted the recording and shuffled Paul away:
More Read
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/17/rand-paul-ada /
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l7A8VBrqa8&feature=play...
secondwind (1000+ posts) Wed May-19-10 09:58 PM
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1. Sooo glad he won! KY will go BLUE next time!! woot! woot!
Oh, I dunno.
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Wed May-19-10 11:52 PM
THE PROFESSIONAL FULL-TIME ASPERGER'S PRIMITIVE
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6. What an evil bastard!
libodem (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-17-10 11:32 AM
THE LIBIDO PRIMITIVE
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8. Might as well
It is a pain in the ass to make it work for you. For one thing if an employer gets a whiff that your are disabled in any way you will not be hired. Then to get any type of reasonable accommodation you have to dislose your condition. It has a lot to do with your insurabiity. I'm uninsurable. My employer has capped my hours at 19 to make certain I don't qualify for benefits.
The ADA is long and comlicated to read and doesn't say much when you can drag through it. I'm pissed off at being ****ed around in my job and I have no recourse but to go find a lawyer.
I think what pisses off the Libertarian types are the law suits that unethical lawyers and shysters direct at small business whom have difficulty reconstructing enterences to make them accessable to people in wheel chairs. They are sometimes hit with penalties, fines, and settlements that ruin their business.
That being said, there are loopholes that protect the small business, if they employ less than 15 or the accommodation would be too expensive compared to the size of the business. 'Reasonable' being the operative word here.
Uh huh (bold area, above).
There are fewer disabled people enjoying being productive citizens today, than there were before ADA was passed, because once disabled people became a "protected class," employers didn't want to touch them.
And to think the gays want to become a "protected class."
And of course we have the wonderful example of the Native Americans on reservations.....
