Friday, June 8, 2012

The Road to Hell is Also Paved With Stupidity 2

 The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 was a bipartisan piece of legislation that was as lauded as anything that Washington's ever put forth. Unfortunately, the law of unintended consequences has reared its ugly persona here as well. a) The cost to businesses through compliance and the plethora of frivolous law-suits has been astronomical (doctors are required to have interpreters for deaf patients even though the cost of hiring one for an office visit is frequently 3-4 times the reimbursement rate offered, for example) and b) the end result has actually been one of the employment rate for disabled people going DOWN (employers calculating the odds of a law suit being greater if in fact you actually hire a disabled person - http://ideas.repec.org/p/har/wpaper/0008.html - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is_4_46/ai_73848278/  ). Not that we can ever expect the government to admit any of this reality, of course, but wouldn't it also be nice if they eventually sat down and fixed some of this stuff? I mean, seriously.

16 comments:

Rusty Shackelford said...

THE QUOTE OF THE WEEK!!!


"The private sector is doing fine."


WTF!!! What planet did this guy come from? This guy needs to spend less time in Hollywood and more time on Main Street.

You've got to be shitting me...."the private sector is doing fine."

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

Erin Burnett did a segment on stimulus spending tonight. Between what Bush, Obama, and Bernanke have done so far in response to the financial crisis, the grand total so far is about 3.8 TRILLION dollars (and I don't even think that this includes Mr. Bush's first rebate stimulus). Can you'all folks say, Keynesian economics is getting a little expensive?

Les Carpenter said...

Didn't the Moron in Chief clarify his "Martian" and idiotic comment?

I'm sure all is well in the "left."

Les Carpenter said...

Will, just remember, to the Keynesian every thing is relative.

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

Well, we all know that Krugman didn't think that it was enough.

Rusty Shackelford said...

When was the last time Paul Krugman was right about something?

Dervish Sanders said...

When was the last time Paul Krugman was WRONG about something?

As for the quote from the president, he was referring to the fact that the private sector is creating jobs, while Republican governors are cutting jobs. I've heard that the unemployment rate would be a percentage point lower if not for this Republican sabotage.

Republicans don't care about the American people... if they did they wouldn't be deliberately sabotaging the recovery. We need to get rid of as many of them as possible in November.

And Will coming out against Americans with disabilities? WTF, huh?

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

It hasn't worked, wd. Employment rates for the disabled have actually gone DOWN and most of the law suits are well beyond frivolous. A doctor has to pay $240 for an interpreter to see a deaf patient and then only get a $58 remittance? That's absurd!!!

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

The EEOC is suing Old Dominion Trucking Company because the latter doesn't want to put alcoholics behind the wheels of 18-wheelers.

Rusty Shackelford said...

Bad week for the Pres WD...Wisconisin,Clinton kicks him in the balls and then he kicks himself in the ass with that embarrassing so called press conference....the only topper would have been if Obama climbed into an Abrams tank and put a five gallon bucket over his head a la Dukakis.

dmarks said...

"....he was referring to the fact that the private sector is creating jobs, while Republican governors are cutting jobs...."

That's the best idea, actually. Reduce government jobs while increasing private-sector jobs.

"Republicans don't care about the American people.."

The very thing you describe above is an example of them acting in the interest of the American people. The more private sector jobs the better, and the less underworked-and-overpaid government workers getting rich at taxpayer expense the better.

"We need to get rid of as many of them as possible in November."

Well, if we get rid of the ones that are not like Wisconsin Gov. Walker, and replace them with his clones, things would get a lot better.

Dervish Sanders said...

Right dmarks, I'm sure teachers, firefighter and cops believe them losing their jobs is in the interest of the American people. Also, teachers getting rich at taxpayer expense? I don't buy it, especially since we all know you think fairly paid = overpaid.

More job killing governors like Scott Walker would plunge the economy into a deep depression... also not in the interest of the American people.

dmarks said...

"I don't buy it, especially since we all know you think fairly paid = overpaid."

Actually, I never said this, or implied it.

As for Scott Walker, I'm glad he gave the schoolteachers and others a raise of over $1,000 a year.

Dervish Sanders said...

dmarks: Actually, I never said this, or implied it.

Well, in regards to the wealthy, no. Then it's overpaid = fairly paid.

Now that I've clarified that one point you should be able to easily agree with my prior comment.

dmarks said...

"Then it's overpaid = fairly paid."

Not even to the wealthy. In fact, I have come out against over paying the wealthy too, having mentioned state employees who get $700,000 a year, and the Goldman-Sachs guys who received huge bonuses carved out of the TARP money.

I simply have never done what you say I do.

Dervish Sanders said...

If it's a middle class or working poor individual then its...

Fairy Paid = overpaid

And if it's a wealthy individual then it's...

Overpaid = Fairly Paid.

I think this sums up dmarks views succinctly, accept he doesn't want the government involved in either of these ripoffs... he supports "free market" ripoffs only.