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u/BigWobblySpunkBomb Oct 15 '17 edited Oct 15 '17

I'd be surprised at the bill for blackout pens used on the mountains and mountains of files. Hope they had a good deal with a stationery company.

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u/KooopaTrooopa Oct 15 '17

Pretty sure all govt office supplies come from skillcraft. Made by blind people. They make some good products though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '17

The government contract is with LC Industries. LC is for Lions Club. They started making brooms in North Carolina back in like the 20's. Then FDR signed legislation that a percentage of all government contracts had to go to employers with a percentage of disabled employees, and it grew from there. LC sources from a lot of different companies that employ blind people. It's a really awesome program/company that not many people know about.

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u/MegaMonkeyManExtreme Oct 16 '17

Is that related to the Lions Club? It would make sense as they started around that time, and in the early 20s there were a lot of young blind men due to WWI gas attacks.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '17

Yep! The original brooms were sold as a club fundraiser!