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2 hours ago, Jason said:
I was going to say that I know some of these positions are bordering on babysitting for the people on the severely mentally handicapped end of the spectrum and at the very least are probably a net-negative on productivity since you need to assign someone to buddy up with the mentally handicapped person, but I didn't realize there's already a program to account for that. Would not have realized that that consideration is being used to take advantage of handicapped people across the board.
14(c)'s are still something I'm learning about but my understanding is these places receive additional subsidies from the government on top of the ability to pay subminimum. The feds cut off their portion of the subsidy years ago in favor of funding Competitive Integrated Employment, but allowed the States to continue subsidizing the sheltered workshops, which some states do.
The biggest thing I hear from the parents is they don't care about the money, this gets their kid out of the house/group home/ICF instead of watching TV all day and creates stability through routine, and for some the task of putting items in a box or sorting recycling is enjoyable for them. The horror stories are endless though especially given the segregated nature of it, not to mention how like guardianship there seems to be an inappropriate pipeline into these places. Maybe it's because they're seen now as taboo but the sheltered workshops but the defensive and aggressive nature of their lobbying activities is very off putting.
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Yes, this still exists.
Opinion | The Labor Department looks to fulfill Biden's promise to disabled workers
WWW.MSNBC.COM
In 2020, Joe Biden and all the major Democratic presidential candidates said they’d end subminimum wage labor for people with disabilities.QuoteBut one group has not reaped the benefits of labor’s growing power: workers with disabilities. Despite many strides for people with disabilities, in what is an incredibly degrading relic from the pre-World War II era, the United States still allows employers to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage. A February report from the Government Accountability Office found that employers who’ve gotten a certificate from the Department of Labor to pay people with disabilities these pittance wages employ about 120,000 such workers. Half earned an absolute pittance, less than $3.50 an hour. Finally, the Department of Labor is taking a step to end the practice.
QuoteAs the shockingly low pay these workers get indicates, the policy practice is exploitative. The February GAO report found that “almost all 14(c) workers had an intellectual or developmental disability, and most were White and of prime working age (25 to 54 years old0.” According to that report, “employers reported few 14(c) workers engaged in competitive employment — which includes earning at least minimum wage in a work setting with individuals without disabilities.”
A 2020 report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found “Persistent failures in regulation and oversight” of employers by the Department of Labor and the Department of Justice. The report says “Section 14(c) may … raise legal issues under Title I of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was intended to ensure wide-reaching and comprehensive civil rights protections for individuals with disabilities. Categorically, under Section 14(c), people with disabilities being paid a subminimum wage are not granted the same protections, nor are they offered the same opportunities that are available to people working at the minimum wage or above.” The report also notes that such workers are not allowed to unionize.
QuoteBut the push to end subminimum wage labor will likely face staunch opposition. The parents of many disabled workers support the places that have hired those workers, such as Goodwill, which has historically used 14(c) certificates and uses the term “special minimum wage” to avoid acknowledging that it pays people below minimum wage. Indeed, one of the dissenting commissioners in the Commission on Civil Rights report argued that getting rid of subminimum wage labor would cause people with disabilities to lose their jobs.
Many of these arguments bear resemblance to the arguments that people have against raising the minimum wage in general. However, Vermont, the first state to get rid of subminimum wage labor, saw 80% of people who were previously paid less enter into competitive integrated employment. The other 20%, according to the National Council on Disability, went into a community support program.
Parent opposition, backed by lobbying, make this an EXTREMELY hot button issue in disability politics. I've been in meetings on this issue, they've gotten heated and I've seen how hard lobbying firms hit back if a disability rights org goes near this. A lot of the subminimum wage employers are basically segregated sweatshops that prey on family fears that their adult intellectually disabled child can't hold a community based job, despite Supported Employment being a pretty standard feature in disability support programs for those with intellectual disabilities. I've even heard them outright lie that making minimum wage would put their Medicaid eligibility at risk.
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Glenn Greenwald is back to being mad at the Right and Fox News. Nature is healing.
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He should get a GTube then.
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Did they change the House rules about the Motion to Vacate?
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I don't think his guest is essentially wrong with a lot of the Palestinian sides, but at the 41min mark he discussed his take on Stateism, it said almost the quiet part out loud and a lot of why I'm having a lot of trouble with leftie discourse. He basically argues for a massively decentralized 1 or no state solution. Jesus Christ the solution to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict can't be some leftie anarchist social experiment. That's fantasy and shows a complete disinterest in peace, because it'll never happen, isn't viable between these two groups, and lefties pushing it are leading people to slaughter.
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I always thought this a hard story to tell since 8th Air Force's job was to level German cities.
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IDF casualties by battalion to give a sense of the scale of the operation. Looks like 3 Armored Divisions are operating inside Gaza.
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The most important election of the night, from my home town.
QuoteRIDGEFIELD — For the ninth time, voters reelected Rudy Marconi, a Democrat who has been the town’s leader for 24 years, the candidate declared on Tuesday night.
Marconi was the only first selectman candidate on the ballot. Bob Cousins, a 20-year Ridgefield resident and Republican, launched a write-in campaign shortly before the election.
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Egypt occupies Gaza, Jordan occupies the West Bank. That is the only solution.
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MSN
WWW.MSN.COMQuote"Israel this week used its Arrow missile-defence system to shoot down a ballistic missile outside of Earth’s atmosphere, in what is believed to be the first combat ever to take place in space."
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Anyone with a direct connection to the conflict I'm generally willing to give a pass to given how incredibly emotional the conflict is, even if it is objectively a stupid take. The morons who don't get a pass are those without a direct connection who have bad takes. It's like Americans faking enthusiasm and understanding of soccer.
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47 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:
Things appear to be just freakin' great in that big building in Foggy Bottom. I'm sure morale is just in tip-top shape!
The flip side of all those quotes being the White House has no faith in State's ability act in a manor other than a PR agency (State's job in Ukraine was to rally international support for Ukraine, which already existed). Do they have the ability to manage a situation with no good options that no one wants to do (like assembly a multi national peacekeeping force)?
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10 hours ago, SuperSpreader said:
Damn they reading my posts
Nope, a staffer got the idea from the West Wing.
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27 minutes ago, ort said:
What about when the person you keep imprisoned in your basement breaks out and attacks your wife with a knife.
If you live somewhere where none of your neighbors want to open their border to you, is that a prison? I agree it's effectively a prison but besides an airport and sea ports being allowed, how do you unprison Gaza?
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11 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:
I'm sure Cairo is totally onboard with this plan.
Totally. Onboard.
Terrible idea, but at some point there needs to be a conversation that 2.3 million people living in a 25x3 mile area surrounded by neighbors who don't want anything to do with you, isn't viable.
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Can someone explain the "posters of kidnapped people aren't real so we're going to tear them down" thing?
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2 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:
Satellites aren't real because the earth is flat hence imaginary.
(I'm not awake yet)
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4 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:
But what am I supposed to do if two kids get into a fight? Supervise the fight? I have no idea.
That's basically what the Sub did in High School English when two girls got into a fight, he just watched as the guys attempted to pull them apart.
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Satellite imagery of the IDF advance, Gaza City looks a nightmare.
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4 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:
The Israelis have mobilized 360,000 reservists to active duty status. From a purely economic perspective, that represents a significant proportion of the nation's labor force that's no longer substantially contributing to GDP output.
There's absolutley an economic clock ticking for this IDF operation where those mobilized reserve personnel are either used for the purpose for which they were recalled to active duty status or they're released back into the civilian economy to avoid a severe degradation in overall economic performance.
Somebody watched a Perun video
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22 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said:
Israel helped create the conditions for no diplomatic solution by electing corrupt Zionist scum like Netanyahu (he isn't actually Zionist but leverages their vote for power like Trump with evangelicals but it amounts to the same thing). I want to be on Israel's side but its hard when they do the bullshit they do.
I doubt an Israeli Labour Government would be handling things much differently.
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21 minutes ago, ort said:
It's really starting to remind me of post 9/11 America and how much we all lost out minds.
9/11 ruined America's lala 90s mindset. This evoked memories of the Holocausts, those are very different things.
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OpenAI Debacle - Update (05/17): OpenAI dissolves team focused on long-term AI risks
in The Political Re-Education Camp
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It read Succession scripts.