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Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature. – Benjamin Franklin
Obama’s next intrusion will be meted out by the Labor Relations Board in collusion with Big Union:
The labor board, which is charged with protecting workers’ rights to organize, changed the definition of a crucial employer-employee relationship that had held in some form since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
Now, a company that hires a contractor to staff its facilities may be considered a so-called joint employer of the workers at that facility, even if it does not actively supervise them.
A union representing those workers would be legally entitled to bargain with the parent company, not just the contractor, under federal labor law.
This will essentially nullify the contract between the small business owner franchisee and the sponsoring corporation making it impossible for the business owner to control employee costs. There’s a good chance that this will destroy the franchise business model that has made it possible for so many middle class Americans to improve their lives while creating jobs for those entering the workforce, those who have retired but need a little extra income, and those who lift themselves to a management position in fast food to the point where they can get a better management job with a larger company. (I watched a young gentleman do just that right here in Chico over a 10 year period!)
“Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.” – Thomas Paine
Americans had better wake up if they expect their children and grandchildren to enjoy living in freedom…freedom supported, NOT DICTATED, by the rule of law. Government intrusion is how our nation loses ground on the Freedom Index scale.
This action by the Labor Board is a corruption of the republic we were promised by our founders
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, April 6, 1816
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” — Benjamin Franklin
Related.
Paul Driessen is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, author of Eco-Imperialism: Green power – Black death, and coauthor of Cracking Big Green: Saving the world from the Save-the-Earth money machine.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/08/30/climate-issues-we-need-to-address/
Just when I think America is going to he77 in a hand basket I read a story like this and think my grandkids just may have a better life than the one this administration has left them.
Black Lives Matter Activist makes SHOCKING statement about raising the minimum wage:
“The strangest thing just happened!
A Democrat alderman from St. Louis who is also a #BlackLivesMatter supporter has actually come out publicly AGAINST raising the minimum wage in his city.
St. Louis alderman are voting on the wage hike today (Friday) to raise the minimum wage to $11 by 2018, well above the state mandated wage of $7.65.
We aren’t in any economic position to tell an employer that $10 an hour isn’t good enough to pay an entry-level employee, when they can just go down the street and start at $8 or $9. Not to mention if they open in St. Louis County they don’t have to pay the 1 percent earnings tax or deal with many of the other perceived heartaches about owning a business in St. Louis city.
The City of St. Louis finds itself in the position we’re in today (high unemployment, high percentage of vacant buildings, bleeding population) because of a lot of bad decisions made over the years. Some of those decisions were very popular at the time.
Today it was reported that another Alderman, Carol Howard, has struck her name off the bill.”
http://allenbwest.com/2015/08/black-lives-matter-activist-makes-shocking-statement-about-raising-the-minimum-wage/
News like this make me so happy I could cry!
Excellent article Pie.
Tell the world: “Just say no!”
Arghhhhhhh
Small Business? Increasing wages has grown the local economy in the cities who have already done it. The So called Business model they talk about is huge CEO salaries, and dividends for investors on the backs of the American Working class.
CA has better wages and pays overtime. Not all States have a decent working condition.
In fact we are now at a point where tips are not that at all. They are the wages.
Dewey do you have information to back up your claim that raising the wages of 1-2% of the work force will have any significant impact on the local economy?
I doubt those who manage to keep their jobs will have an impact at all since their former co-workers will be on unemployment. I might be that they will lose their jobs as well when the small business owner is forced to buy robots to replace them…a long term solution to government overreach that won’t stop. The contribution to the local economy won’t amount to a small blip in realized revenue.
This amounts to job creation by lottery…you might get one or two lucky winners but a lot of people are losers in the game.
What business model? The franchisee model? You don’t know a da*n thing about it if you think franchisee and employees won’t be hurt badly by forced increases to wages.
The government collusion with unions to place franchisee employees under corporate control is the biggest power play to come down the pike. Your support suggests you’re a big union guy and a big phony.
You rail on PS constantly against corruption in government and that is EXACTLY what this bid for power and control represents. Our greedy government wants the tax money from increased wages and the unions want the dues…both are colluding for their own benefit and looking for increased power.
Nothing is made “on the backs” of American workers! That’s another piece of propaganda designed to divide Americans into classes and create discontent and activism in the working class. Companies provide workers with an opportunity to make a living. Wages are based on what a job is worth…a figure you agree is sufficient when you accept the job. You have the option of improving or changing your skills to get a job that pays a higher wage. You work according to your own investment in your future and your pay is your profit from your labors. Nothing else is owed you! Nobody forces you to take a job and you can change jobs any time…this is a free country.
The alternative is going into business for yourself where the profits of the company will belong to you, as will the expenses, the extra hours, the headaches and the work involved in meeting all of the constantly changing government regulations:
The money that would be available to compensate employees and create more jobs is consumed by the government and much of it is tossed down a rat hole. We pay an inordinately high price for everything we purchase because of that expense. That’s one reason your paycheck doesn’t stretch as far these days…government consumes company profits AND employee profits!
Corporate salaries are a drop in the ocean by comparison.
The boogie man isn’t corporations; the boogieman is the federal government!
Dewey do you have information to back up your claim that raising the wages of 1-2% of the work force will have any significant impact on the local economy?
I doubt those who manage to keep their jobs will have an impact at all since their former co-workers will be on unemployment. I might be that they will lose their jobs as well when the small business owner is forced to buy robots to replace them…a long term solution to government overreach that won’t stop. The contribution to the local economy won’t amount to a small blip in realized revenue.
This amounts to job creation by lottery…you might get one or two lucky winners but a lot of people are losers in the game.
What business model? The franchisee model? You don’t know a da*n thing about it if you think franchisee and employees won’t be hurt badly by forced increases to wages.
The government collusion with unions to place franchisee employees under corporate control is the biggest power play to come down the pike. Your support suggests you’re a big union guy and a big phony.
You rail on PS constantly against corruption in government and that is EXACTLY what this bid for power and control represents. Our greedy government wants the tax money from increased wages and the unions want the dues…both are colluding for their own benefit and looking for increased power.
Nothing is made “on the backs” of American workers! That’s another piece of propaganda designed to divide Americans into classes and create discontent and activism in the working class. Companies provide workers with an opportunity to make a living. Wages are based on what a job is worth…a figure you agree is sufficient when you accept the job. You have the option of improving or changing your skills to get a job that pays a higher wage. You work according to your own investment in your future and your pay is your profit from your labors. Nothing else is owed you! Nobody forces you to take a job and you can change jobs any time…this is a free country.
The alternative is going into business for yourself where the profits of the company will belong to you, as will the expenses, the extra hours, the headaches and the work involved in meeting all of the constantly changing government regulations:
The money that would be available to compensate employees and create more jobs is consumed by the government and much of it is tossed down a rat hole. We pay an inordinately high price for everything we purchase because of that expense. That’s one reason your paycheck doesn’t stretch as far these days…government consumes company profits AND employee profits!
Corporate salaries are a drop in the ocean by comparison.
The boogie man isn’t corporations; the boogieman is the federal government!
Washington Post:
If Americans want jobs they had better think about getting the government, and the unions collusion to force higher wages, off the backs of small business employers!
We should be teaching this stuff in our schools!
Another article on the mass exodus from Calif.
We Know Californians Are Moving To Texas En Masse. But A New Study Suggests A Specific Reason Why…:
“According to the Washington Times, Californians are moving to Texas more frequently than any other state. From 2004 to 2013, 600,000 people have moved from California to Texas, while only around 348,000 people have moved from Texas to California in that span of time.”
http://journal.ijreview.com/2015/09/247206-know-californians-moving-texas-en-masse-new-study-suggests-specific-reason/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=journal&utm_term=ijamerica