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From: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: hot topic
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Date: 20 Jun 91 20:01:17 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BH> your shoes.  I do, however, feel the half fare should be based
 BH> on economics, rather than on the fact that an individual
 BH> happens to be blind.

Beth,
    Unless I am unaware of something, that IS how it is based!
    That is, at least in this city, the half fare card is given to
people over the age of 65 and to disabled persons, not to people simply
because they are blind!
      Short of everybody who wants a half fare card turning in an IRS
form to the bus company, I believe it is on the average a fair
assumption to think that the people who make these decisions decided
that disabled and retired people have less income than others, they are
easily identified with little or no additional costs to the provider of
the service, and nobody is putting a gun at your head forcing you to use
the half fare scheme...
                                                        Willie

.... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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