Today's Wall Street Journal Headline

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

I'd post a link but those greedy corporate bastards make you subscribe to get content. Here's the headline:

"To Save on Health-Care Costs, Firms Fire Disabled Workers"

So that's what they mean by "compassionate conservatism."

[SeattleDem]

1. and those companies' stock prices will climb today

on this "news" because it's good for business to strip the disabled of benefits...

[madrchsod]

2. happens everyday

in america,although i`m not handicapped, i was laided-off or never to be called back because of a heart attack. my medical costs i guess were to much for them,even though i increased production by a wide margin on the job i was doing...it`s all about money..that family shit goes just so far....

[twilight]

6. as a disabled person

I was not exactly 'fired' (the word should be harrassed to the point of having to go out on a disability) 6 weeks after I received a horrific diagnosis.

I was basically dumped but I do have health benefits being I worked for the SOBs for almost 10 years.

Makes me angry :grr: reading this kind of thing.

If ONE more person asks me why I can't work anymore, I tell them because they don't want me in the workforce any longer. No one would hire me for sh*t.

Disabled all over America are being heavily discriminated against but there is no real force behind a movement to possibly change this. The reason is simple: Most people that are in this boat with me are far too sick to do anything muchless go out and protest somewhere!

So much for 'compassionate conservatism' eh?

:dem:

[htuttle]

3. As a member of the transportation industry...

...who's had to go to some lengths to accomodate the ADA law over the last 10 years:

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS LEGAL!

Even if it's 'wink wink, nudge nudge', I have to believe that an article like this would go a long way toward showing illegal intent.

[twilight]

7. ADA = a crock of *

As someone that actually tried to work with the ADA I can verify that is is one big pile of crap. What else would you except ...

It came out during the Bush* #1 years!!!!

:dem:

[classics]

4. Welcome to the real world.

Where only the aryan vision of perfection gets to be a real citizen, and the rest of us rot and die.

Its called passive eugenics. Instead of putting people in gas chambers you just deny them the advantages of modern society, like access to health care, clean water, etc. We just die more slowly.

[buddhamama]

5. unfortunately this is not new

and happens all the time.

some companies(i'll try to find the article where i read about this) are now requiring extensive health records and workups before they'll even consider hiring a person.

[twilight]

8. they can check you out easy enough

I worked for Worker's Compensation. They had a database with everyone's name in it that had ever filed a claim (including me, from 1986!). It was pretty detailed and you could get the whole file if you wanted it as it is public record.

I was told when I took this job they they looked to hire people under age 40 because after that it is all 'downhill' for people healthwise.

They were so very compassionate ...

I am still mad and its been almost 10 years since they cut my throat. I really wanted to keep working but I did not have a chance in hell. :grr:

:dem:

[buddhamama]

10. you're right

but the article i read said the companies were digging deeper than that; requiring a family history and testing accordingly,etc.

you have a right to be mad, it's discrimination.

[bunnyhop]

9. Soon they'll fire young women

Expecting that they will start getting pregnant evey year. That means maternity bills and maternity leave and health care for the kid for years and years. Better to hire some 30 year old loner guy.