On 11/4/06, Doyle Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Greetings Economists,
Speaking for disabled population certain facts are more or less what is
to be expected.
On Nov 3, 2006, at 4:24 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> To which strata of
> the working class in general and women, Blacks, gay men and lesbians,
> disabled, etc. in particular do the benefits of electing Democrats
> (differences between Democrats and Republicans in terms of wages,
> social program benefits, incarceration rates, unemployment rates,
> abortion access, civil union and gay marriage support, etc.) accrue?
Small scale services organizations benefit from the Democrats. For
example Nancy Pelosi was at the celebration of DREDF (Disabled Rights
Education and Defense Fund) a small legal group that sued for disabled
kids in the schools. So that schools reflected more assistive
technology and access. This Democratic support was reflected
nationally in the Americans for Disability Act (ADA), and other laws
that DREDF had a significant hand in formulating. So businesses that
serve disabilities gain support by Democratic legalities.
And organizations like them exist for all identity groups and
issue-based movements on the broadly defined Left. To them, and a
part of their constituencies, the Democrats still deliver. What to do
with this fact is a question for which those of us who want a party
that is not for the empire have no easy answer.
The
Soviets would sometimes claim that having the wrong position to
Socialism was a sign of being crazy. Implying the right attitudes made
one sane.
I'm afraid this attitude remains on the Left. :->
--
Yoshie
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