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From: Mary.Otten@p0.f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Mary Otten)
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Subject: Re: Hot Topic
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:25:24 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi David, and thanks for the validation. You mentioned write offs for
special equipment. What write offs? Unless you use the equip for your
work, so far as Iknow, no write off is possible. That is another reason
why Idon't particularly mind taking the little crumbs they give, like a
cheaper bus ride. Ican't write off the speech synthesizer for this
computer, nor will Ibe able to write off my ocr device, when and if Iget
it etc. Somebody with my income, if they weren't blind, would surely
have a car and, yes, the expenses associated with it, but they'd also
save a lot of time and agrivation. But I'd have to have a whole lot more
income to be able to afford a driver etc, full time, Imean. I guess
Ilook at it as being caught in the middle. I'm not saying society owes
me this lttle break on transportation, but I'm not turning it down
either. I also think that the number of services, paid for by thetax
peyers, to which Idon't have access just because Iam blind, is greater
than the number to which the average sighted person doesn't have access.
Rationalization? Yes, maybe. But, as has been said before in other
posts, society isn't perfect, isn't built on perfect reliance on
unalterable principles. I do, however, think you or anybody else should
have theright to go ahead and pay full fair if your conscience demands
it and not be hastled by anybody.

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