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The Kansas House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill very soon (HB 2275) that will give new tax credits to entities that pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage (also known as holding a “14(c) sub-minimum wage certificate”).
Sometimes Kansans with disabilities make mere PENNIES AN HOUR working at these entities! Paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage is bad enough. Allowing entities that do that to benefit from these new tax credits adds insult to the injuries Kansans with disabilities have already suffered. Under this bill, entities that pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage will access these tax credits and use the new revenue to underwrite and subsidize this unjust practice!
This bill is out of touch with where America as a whole is heading on this issue. Many states have done away with paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage. Nationally, leaders in Congress from both parties are working to pass a bipartisan bill that would eliminate this practice entirely.
To keep this controversial provision in the bill, the Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Sean Tarwater, made offensive comments about the capabilities of people with disabilities, saying people with disabilities “can’t really do anything.” That is completely untrue, and it paints a false picture of people with disabilities as pitiful and lacking any value or worth.
The Kansas House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill this week (HB 2275) that will give new tax credits to entities that pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage (also known as holding a “14(c) sub-minimum wage certificate”).
Sometimes Kansans with disabilities make mere PENNIES AN HOUR working at these entities! Paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage is bad enough. Allowing entities that do that to benefit from these new tax credits adds insult to the injuries Kansans with disabilities have already suffered. Under this bill, entities that pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage will access these tax credits and use the new revenue to underwrite and subsidize this unjust practice!
This bill is out of touch with where America as a whole is heading on this issue. Many states have done away with paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage. Nationally, leaders in Congress from both parties are working to pass a bipartisan bill that would eliminate this practice entirely.
To keep this controversial provision in the bill, the Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Sean Tarwater, made offensive comments about the capabilities of people with disabilities, saying people with disabilities “can’t really do anything.” That is completely untrue, and it paints a false picture of people with disabilities as pitiful and lacking any value or worth.
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