Comment Re:Pay for it YOURSELF. (Score 1) 274
While I typically feel the same way about a lot of things (welfare has always been my main beef), I feel that helping those with physical handicaps is a decent use of taxpayer dollars.
Many people that have physical handicaps have difficulty getting jobs, and when they are able to find them you expect them to sink another 15-20k on a wheelchair. I don't know about you, but I know that my budget wouldn't allow for another expense like that.
So, then if you don't have a job, and have difficulty getting one how are you supposed to pay for mobility? And if you can't be mobile, how can you get a job? It's a catch-22.
This new chair, while expensive, should allow those who are fortunate enough to get them more mobility it will hopefully allow them to possibly even find better jobs which will put more money back into the tax system which eases the burdon on everybody else.
Now, if we could only get Yoda's little hover chair...