Today new rules from the federal government on who can and who can't recieve overtime goes into effect. I'm completely against it! Wonder why? Read on!
The Bush administration just continues to irk me when it comes to domestic policy. This is just the tip of the ice berg. I mean really, what business is it of the government's who gets and does not get overtime? Unless you are talking about government employees, I don't even see where they have the authority under the constitution to do this.
It's not interstate commerce by any stretch of the imagination, and that's the closest to having constitutional authority that I can find.
This is another example of the government saying: you're not capable of running your own life, so we are going to do it for you. And why not? We only ask them to do it on ar egular basis.
An employer and employee should be able to come to an agreement on what they will be paid and the circumstances surrounding it and that goes for minimum wage also. Sorry, but I spent alot of time working the stereotypical "minimum wage" job and I never met anyone who actually made minimum wage there who was over the age of 17. My girlfriend and my little sister are in that boat now and they both make over minimum wage and my sister is 16. They get overtime when they work more than 40 hours. Period. What is so complex about that, that the government has to regulate it?!
Under these new rules, I have friends who were making $35k a year if they worked 5 hrs overtime a week minimum. They won't qualify for overtime now and they are their families' sole incomes.
It is time to tell the government to get out of our bedrooms, pocketbooks and workplaces. And neither Kerry nor Bush want to do that.
Posted by Skywalker at August 23, 2004 10:53 AM | TrackBackAMEN!
Our current government is becoming more and more un-constitutional. That is why it's time for change in Washington, Republican's and Dem's both need to take a hike. Vote for who you think is BEST for this country, NOT for your party.
Posted by: muddy at August 23, 2004 11:38 AMYeah, I've heard about this coming for quite sometime now and it is complete bs. Neither the Dem's (who couldn't have picked a better "mascot" for their party) nor the republicans really want smaller gov. Every now and then, they'll talk about it but actions speak louder than words.
Posted by: mrs. muddy at August 23, 2004 01:51 PM"Vote for who you think is BEST for this country..."
Normally, I would agree 100% with you on that. However, the person who I think is remotely close to being the best unfortunately does not have a snowballs chance in Hades at winning. Also, unfortunatly, the reality of the situation is that no matter who is on the ballot, only Bush or Kerry *is* going to win so *I* personally feel I have no other choice (especially in a "battleground" state such as our own where the race is pretty tight) than to vote for one over the other because that way at least I'll be taking away *one* vote from the other "front runner" whom I can't stand and believe will be even worse.
Posted by: mrs. muddy at August 23, 2004 02:07 PMI'm personally voting my conscience: Badnarik.
Posted by: skywalker at August 23, 2004 02:29 PMwell, I'm voting my conscience too...to a degree because if the one gets in there when I could have helped stop him with my vote and didn't ....then I'll never forgive myself.:-)
Posted by: mrs. muddy at August 23, 2004 02:51 PM