Post by valkyrie on Mar 24, 2009 12:29:35 GMT -5
"You may think the statement "I serve the claimants" is altruistic but at the very least your vision is short- sighted."
And the difference between commitment to the principle of serving the claimants vs commitments to merit principles is...?
"The testing of the proposition that agency-specific experience makes better agency-specific ALJs has, this far, NOT proven true."
And this is based upon some significant experience within ODAR? Will you not even credit the insiders with the benefit of their own experience within the agency? If you won't even throw us that bone, why even waste your time debating us?
"That's the argument of a child when they take a cookie without asking; not the justification to be utilized by the Social Security Administration which uses and spends taxpayer money."
I'm sure that the tens of thousands of claimants out there waiting for a hearing are desperately concerned that their tax dollars are not being used to properly apply merit system principles to 500 needy attorneys' Quest For The Robe. A little perspective please. There is a reason for the glut of lawyer jokes.
And the difference between commitment to the principle of serving the claimants vs commitments to merit principles is...?
"The testing of the proposition that agency-specific experience makes better agency-specific ALJs has, this far, NOT proven true."
And this is based upon some significant experience within ODAR? Will you not even credit the insiders with the benefit of their own experience within the agency? If you won't even throw us that bone, why even waste your time debating us?
"That's the argument of a child when they take a cookie without asking; not the justification to be utilized by the Social Security Administration which uses and spends taxpayer money."
I'm sure that the tens of thousands of claimants out there waiting for a hearing are desperately concerned that their tax dollars are not being used to properly apply merit system principles to 500 needy attorneys' Quest For The Robe. A little perspective please. There is a reason for the glut of lawyer jokes.
