[lbo-talk] jobs for the disabled & microenterprises

[Jim Devine]

I wrote:> > I favor helping the disabled as much as possible with
training and the
> > like. It's something that can help not only with (largely illusory)
> > goal of setting up microenterprises but also with getting a regular
> > old job. The more general (and practical) the help, the more
> > flexibility the person with disabilities will have.
> > --

Marta Russell  wrote:
>
> Programs to create jobs for disabled help only fraction
>
> By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY, October 20, 2005
>
> WASHINGTON  Two programs established nearly 70 years ago to create jobs
> for the disabled have made millions of dollars for a handful of
> companies
> but helped only a fraction of those who were supposed to benefit, a
> Senate investigation has concluded.

right. The government has to do a much better job than it's been doing.

--
Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles