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ADA’s 20th Anniversary [Law going to far?]
Cato @ Liberty ^ | July 26, 2010 | Walter Olson

Posted on 08/05/2010 9:27:53 AM PDT by SloopJohnB

Snip:...press coverage nowadays treats the ADA as if it were uncontroversial, with at best a nod to libertarian commentators who see it as a coercive and fabulously expensive government venture into what ought to be private decision-making....

(Excerpt) Read more at cato-at-liberty.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: ada; disability; handicapped

1 posted on 08/05/2010 9:27:59 AM PDT by SloopJohnB
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To: SloopJohnB

Every time I go to my freinds house/office who is an insurance agent and see the expensive wheelchair ramp he had to put in, I think about this idiotic law.

He has never had a wheelchair customer, he sells specialized commercial insurance for things disabled people just cannot use.


2 posted on 08/05/2010 9:31:11 AM PDT by Mr. K (Physically unable to proofreed (<---oops! see?))
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To: Mr. K
...the expensive wheelchair ramp he had to put in, I think about this idiotic law.

That and the absurd examples given in the article brought to us by the nanny-state.

3 posted on 08/05/2010 9:38:22 AM PDT by SloopJohnB (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act ~~ George Orwell)
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To: SloopJohnB

And just WHO signed this POS into “Law”??!! Come on Bushies you can say it!


4 posted on 08/05/2010 9:42:06 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: Mr. K
Every time I go to my freinds house/office who is an insurance agent and see the expensive wheelchair ramp he had to put in, I think about this idiotic law.

Kinda like going to Home Depot on a busy Saturday morning and having to park a half a mile away, while there are anywhere from 12 to 20 vacant handicapped spots right near the door.

5 posted on 08/05/2010 10:36:37 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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