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...Probably both. Because the pluses did not outweigh the minuses on the economic side -- the pluses being caps on discretionary spending. And when you look back, the hope that this would have a stimulatory effect on the economy did not materialize. That's an economic argument...
Smaller companies have been concerned about the costs of the new law and its potential for generating lawsuits. But Nancy Fulco, an attorney with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which supported the bill, argues that economic benefits will outweigh the costs. "The business community is in desperate need of qualified labor, and this opens up a huge untapped resource of workers," she says. The EEOC, which administers the ADA, estimates that the average cost of accommodating a disabled worker will be $260. The act is expected to save the government $220 million a year by helping people with disabilities...
...plant trees or patch potholes is gaining among conservatives. Grudgingly aligning themselves with many liberals on this issue, they have concluded that there simply are not enough private jobs available during times of slow economic growth, and that the benefits to the poor, in work experience and dignity, would outweigh the costs...
Beys contended that the chances for large-scalesuccess outweigh the risks of putting the charityevent in jeopardy...
...benefits to a person of knowing he or she has hypercholesterolemia, a hereditary inability to remove cholesterol from the body, for instance, will far outweigh the chances that it will hurt his or her jobs opportunities if an employer finds out, he says...