To: President Donald Trump
Bring outsourced Louisiana jobs for the visually impaired back to our state
Lighthouse Louisiana employs visually impaired people who make items for the military. Those jobs have been stolen from them and outsourced to Asia.
Why is this important?
Lighthouse Louisiana has been serving the visually impaired in Louisiana for 100 years. They provide support, counseling, training, and jobs for the visually impaired as well as those who have hearing disabilities. The jobs they provide allow those with disabilities the opportunity to be self-sufficient, and they provide a livable wage to those they employ. The disabled community is the most underrepresented In the job force. By sending these jobs to Asia, you are sending a message to the disabled community, as well as the country at large, that we do NOT take care of our own. The people who work there work so they do not have to rely on Government assistance. If you make it impossible for those with disabilities to provide for themselves, it will ultimately be the American taxpayer who will foot that bill.
I am legally blind, and the support, love and guidance I have received from Lighthouse has made it possible for me to go back to school, to adapt and to succeed. The assistance they provided to me in the form of assessments, assistive technologies and overall support has made this possible. Shame on those in Congress and Mr. Obama FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN.
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi
"...the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped. " ~ Last Speech of Hubert H. Humphrey
I am legally blind, and the support, love and guidance I have received from Lighthouse has made it possible for me to go back to school, to adapt and to succeed. The assistance they provided to me in the form of assessments, assistive technologies and overall support has made this possible. Shame on those in Congress and Mr. Obama FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN.
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi
"...the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped. " ~ Last Speech of Hubert H. Humphrey