"Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!"
Posted on 03/04/2003 6:38:29 AM PST by jjm2111
To: U.S. Congress We the undersigned petition the U.S. Congress to pass laws that require minimum of four weeks of vacation per year for all full time workers, and one week of vacation per 10 hours of work per week for part-time workers.
The citizens of the United States are behind most of the developed European countries in vacation time per year.
More vacation time means: Better quality of life for the citizens Better quality employees More time spent with family and less crimes More money for tourism More jobs for employees More tax dollars for the government Sincerely,
Fun isn't it?
Most employees nowadays wear multiple hats and are responsible for several different duties, because many of their co-workers have been laid off, down sized etc.
Most companies in America don't give a damn about their workers or employees, and the bigger companies are, the worst, as they have absolutely no allegiance to America or it's people.
The situation is really turning into, "us VS them" where the employer is the enemy and vice versa.
There are reasons why Workers Compensation Insurance is going straight through the roof, and employee theft and embezzlement is staggering. I am not saying that's right or justified, I am just saying many employees are pissed off.... Working five and six days a week and making the same money they made years ago has a tendency to make people quite angry.
And now with the price of fuel, and this very screwed up economy, things will only get worse......I suggest Bush get off the stick, if he plans on being reelected.
I thought we were an autonomous collective.
You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy.
I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting, by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more major ...
The abstract concept of "greed" has absolutely nothing useful to contribute to a reasoned view of economics, nor will attempting to "remedy" it through policy ever produce any positive impact.
The "greed" of an employer seeking higher productivity at lower costs is precisely the same "greed" exhibited by each and every consumer as he seeks out the lowest cost for something he purchases. There is only a difference to those lacking the ability to be circumspect.
That's the struggle of economic life in America. And it breeds efficiency in almost every way. Efficiency, the result of the freedom to negotiate trade, is why the United States remains an economic power, and why we enjoy the living standard we do. No, It's not always fun. But the alternatives are much worse.
The situation is really turning into, "us VS them" where the employer is the enemy and vice versa.
In terms of negotiating work and pay, it always has been adversarial. It has to be.
Working five and six days a week and making the same money they made years ago has a tendency to make people quite angry.
And at the same time, more and more Americans can purchase goods and services, previously available only to the most wealthy, with a decreasing percentage of their total income. Most people pay more in total taxes than in food, clothing, and shelter each year. If we want to remedy some sour emotions on pay day, we should cut taxes.
And now with the price of fuel, and this very screwed up economy, things will only get worse......I suggest Bush get off the stick, if he plans on being reelected.
And do what, exactly?
Put restrictions on employers that hire them.......Slash all taxes and speak out for the reduction of fuel taxes.....Eliminate and or reform the entire IRS.....
I could go on, but I am confident that you get the point.....There is a lot that could be done....
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