Saturday, March 05, 2005

No More 9-5

According to Rick Santorum, 40 hours a week is not enough work (how many hours a week does he clock in?) so he wants to switch it to an 80 hour, two week system. That means 100 million people will lose overtime pay.

Even better, if you've ever been or are considering waiting or bartending, if your tips equal or exceed minimum wage your employer will no longer have to pay you anything.

His amendment to the minimum wage bill will be proposed on Monday. Details here.

Face it, if you're not in the top two tax brackets you have no business ever voting Republican. If you are in the top two tax brackets and you vote Republican on your wallet you deserve to be eaten by wolves.

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