Paid Vacation Act

bry623 · 05-21-2009, 06:39 AM

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22794.html

Don't mot companies already do this?

yustr · 05-21-2009, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bry623

Don't mot companies already do this?

This "publicity is a good thing" bill targets businesses with over 100 employees so my guess is that you're right.

**sobeit** · 05-23-2009, 08:48 AM

actually this law will hurt the employees and help the companies. The companies that already offers more than the law requires could drop down to the minimum the law requires.

dai · 05-23-2009, 12:08 PM

it's about time they came out of the 19th century

1 week you are joking

**Drew1369** · 05-23-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sobeit

actually this law will hurt the employees and help the companies. The companies that already offers more than the law requires could drop down to the minimum the law requires.

Thats Obama looking out for the common worker for ya...

yustr · 05-23-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Drew1369

Thats Obama looking out for the common worker for ya...

Obama? Even when Bush was in office we leftists knew the difference.

Bill introduced by Representative Alan Grayson D-FL.

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On Wednesday, Grayson weighed in on the dispute between the Obama administration and Rush Limbaugh, calling the conservative talk show host “a sorry excuse for a human being.” In January, he referred to Limbaugh as a “has-been hypocrite loser” who “was more lucid when he was a drug addict.”

I might move to FL just to vote for this guy. Agree or not, you have to admit his candor in refreshing.

Read more Link

**Drew1369** · 05-24-2009, 08:14 AM

So we should support this guy and this stupid bill because he doesn't like Rush Limbaugh?

yustr · 05-24-2009, 10:56 AM

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So we should support this guy and this stupid bill because he doesn't like Rush Limbaugh?

I can't think of a better reason.

Actually its the fact that he'll say it that I like. I haven't a clue about this or any other bill he's written. Turn it around; suppose a Rep from OK came right out and said: Al Gore is a bag of flaming do-do. Wouldn't you at least smile?

**Drew1369** · 05-24-2009, 04:31 PM

Nah... he wouldn't have said anything new

RedScott · 05-26-2009, 07:19 AM

Brilliant, so people who got two weeks of vacation time after a year will now only get one.

Good this thing won't pass.

Tumbleweed36 · 05-26-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by yustr

when Bush was in office we leftists knew the difference.

Don't think I ever heard you admit you were a "leftist," however, we could tell anyhow so admitting it just seals the deal.

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Originally Posted by yustr

suppose a Rep from OK came right out and said: Al Gore is a bag of flaming do-do. Wouldn't you at least smile?

Smile???? That would be worth a hearty laugh and a few words like someone finally has it right. Yep, that might be worth moving to OK to vote for someone who tells it like it is.

A one week vacation is nothing and would never be acceptable in most places. I suspect government interference might cause some to scale back longer vacations already in place to "meet" government guidelines. I say, let the marketplace between workers and unions decide issues like this one and keep government out of this stuff. Government was not meant originally to delve in issues like this, so why are they doing it?

Better yet, dismiss the congress for a couple of years and quit passing worthless legislation. Our country would be better off if they weren't around the next year or so. That way, they can't screw things up more than they are.

yustr · 05-26-2009, 09:49 AM

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Don't think I ever heard you admit you were a "leftist," however, we could tell anyhow so admitting it just seals the deal.

I wondered how long it would take for someone to pick up on that...

But if Colin Powell is "just another liberal" and since liberal is a perjorative in the vernacular of the righties, there's some comfort being a leftist.

The bill has no chance of passing. And even if it had a chance, it is clearly geared a setting a minimum standard - not to mandate an amount. (The minimum should be closer to 30 days like other civilized countries.) Come on rightists - have faith that your sacred market will work.

**djaburg** · 05-26-2009, 02:03 PM

You want a mandated 30 days of paid vacation? Join the military! As I always advocate, if your employer isn't giving you what you need or feel you deserve, find another one! I don't think the federal government should tell an employer what they should give an employee in the way of days off, it's not really any of their business.

bry623 · 05-26-2009, 02:13 PM

I want paid to do nothing every day of the year.

Tumbleweed36 · 05-26-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by yustr

I wondered how long it would take for someone to pick up on that...

But if Colin Powell is "just another liberal" and since liberal is a perjorative in the vernacular of the righties, there's some comfort being a leftist.

Didn't take those of us who "knew" long ago to pick it up, did it?

I don't know who on here said Colin Powell was just another liberal, but I respectfully disagree. He is a great American who has both a liberal and a conservative perspective and isn't afraid to say what he thinks.

Personally, I don't think being a total liberal or a total conservative is healthy (and for those who wonder, my friend yustr isn't totally liberal), I think one must speak their convictions while weighing which position is correct or incorrect as it is aligned with the constitution.

bry623 · 05-26-2009, 08:19 PM

I am completely conservative and if anyone thinks I am not healthy, I'll shot them and then pray for their soul.

Tumbleweed36 · 05-26-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bry623

I am completely conservative and if anyone thinks I am not healthy, I'll shot them and then pray for their soul.

Oh no, not another sicko!

**djaburg** · 05-26-2009, 09:42 PM

A sicko with poor communication skills, "I'll shot them and then pray for their soul."

bry623 · 05-27-2009, 05:34 AM

I have great communication skills......... I can't type with little kids crawling all over me.

**Drew1369** · 05-27-2009, 06:28 AM

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I have great communication skills......... I can't type with little kids crawling all over me.

And the excuses begin

05-21-2009, 06:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Paid Vacation Act http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22794.html Don't mot companies already do this? __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

05-23-2009, 08:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Paid Vacation Act actually this law will hurt the employees and help the companies. The companies that already offers more than the law requires could drop down to the minimum the law requires. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

05-23-2009, 12:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,594 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Paid Vacation Act it's about time they came out of the 19th century 1 week you are joking __________________

05-24-2009, 08:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,428 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Re: Paid Vacation Act So we should support this guy and this stupid bill because he doesn't like Rush Limbaugh? __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

05-24-2009, 04:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,428 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Re: Paid Vacation Act Nah... he wouldn't have said anything new __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

05-26-2009, 07:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
RedScott Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 496 OS: Windows XP	Re: Paid Vacation Act Brilliant, so people who got two weeks of vacation time after a year will now only get one. Good this thing won't pass.

05-26-2009, 02:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,320 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Paid Vacation Act You want a mandated 30 days of paid vacation? Join the military! As I always advocate, if your employer isn't giving you what you need or feel you deserve, find another one! I don't think the federal government should tell an employer what they should give an employee in the way of days off, it's not really any of their business. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

05-26-2009, 02:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Paid Vacation Act I want paid to do nothing every day of the year. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

05-26-2009, 08:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Paid Vacation Act I am completely conservative and if anyone thinks I am not healthy, I'll shot them and then pray for their soul. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

05-26-2009, 09:42 PM	#18 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,320 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Paid Vacation Act A sicko with poor communication skills, "I'll shot them and then pray for their soul." __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

05-27-2009, 05:34 AM	#19 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Paid Vacation Act I have great communication skills......... I can't type with little kids crawling all over me. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"