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It's The Moral Thing to Do; It's the Economic Thing to do,

© William Robb

It's The Right Thing To Do; It's The Moral Thing to Do; It's the Economic Thing to DO and It's The politically Correct Thing to Do.

What one thing could encompass all Four of these? Why helping the disabled become self-sufficient of course. To show how this is possible let me use some figures that I came up with years ago. These figures although seven years old will demonstrate why it is economically sound and politically sound to help the disabled.

The year is 1994 and I am speaking before a Joint Legislative Committee For the Disabled. My speech was designed to show the monetary benefit of reducing the unemployment rate of the disabled to near 6%. I hypothesized that to do this would bring in Three Hundred Billion in new taxable revenue in one year. This amount, seven years ago, was roughly equivalent to one year's interest on the national debt.

What other economic benefits would be gleaned should my country act accordingly and endeavor to reduce the unemployment rate of the disabled from 70% to near 6%. First we would see a reduction of people dependant upon governmental aid. Next we would make taxpayers out of those who may now be unwilling tax users. They would then pay into the system instead of detracting from it. This in turn would free up more money to help our social service programs. When you pump more money into these programs you enable them to become more solvent thereby enabling them to adequately serve those who may never be able to become employed.

Thus far I have shown how helping the disabled is economically right. How is it also politically right? If you are a politician you live by the votes and if you don't get enough you cease to be a representative. However if politicians were to look at the disabled as a representative whole, they would discover that we have much voting clout. In my country we are estimated to be around 54 million strong. So to help us could mean Fifty Four million votes to that party which champions our diverse needs. Fifty Four Million votes may not sound like much but if you look at our families you will discover that we also have mothers and fathers (108 million possible votes), Sisters and Brothers (an estimated 108 million possible votes), Aunts and Uncles (another estimated 216 Million possible votes), Great Aunts and Uncles (another estimated 216 Million possible votes) and Great Grandparents (an estimate which could run from 54 Million possible votes to another 108 Million votes). So you see just by helping us a political party could most likely expect to gain in excess of 648,000,000 votes. So you know why it is both economically and politically correct to champion our needs.

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