Posted on 09/29/2015 1:41:43 PM PDT by conservativejoy
Not content with helping in usher permanent liberal majorities through mass amnesty, Marco Rubio has a proposal to advance the ball on paid family leave.
"Our policies should help workers, not cost them their jobs," the Florida senator will say, according to excerpts provided by his campaign. "I believe we can fix this problem by creatively applying our free enterprise principles in a way that encourages businesses to choose to offer more paid family leave." ...
"They say the only way to solve this problem is to raise taxes, grow government, and place crippling requirements on private companies," Rubio will say, per his prepared remarks, referencing Obamacare. "I believe we can fix this problem by creatively applying our free enterprise principles in a way that encourages businesses to choose to offer more paid family leave."
And what's the "free enterprise" solution to this problem that's none of the government's business? Why another tax credit of course. Companies will get a credit for 25% of the wages they spend on an employee up to $4,000 over 12 weeks.
The left is naturally embracing this compromise position. No wait. They are doing what they always do...say it's not enough.
This is how government grows. Liberals identify a problem that the government "must do something about". Conservatives point out that it's not the government's place to do this. Then Team GOP moderates come in with a big-government "conservative" idea. Democrats claim the moderate GOP idea is cheap and propose something even bigger and something between the leftwing dream and Team GOP's idea is adopted. And then it grows. And grows. And grows. And then the leftwing dream is realized.
The reality is the Team GOP types will ALWAYS be outbid by the left. There's no margin for small government conservatives in playing this game.
But hey, Rubio gives lovely speeches. So go with that.
Sanders/Rubio!!
FUMR!!
uh Marco dude.....the free enterprise system can already advance family leave if a private company wants to do so as a recruiting/retention tool. Go away Marco, go away.
This is exactly the kind of thing Republican voters are longing for.
Marco, please come up with some more spending programs.
Gee. Can someone tell me why so many Freepers still say that Rubio is an option for them?
Come on CE! Where’s your sense of Unicornism? Liberalism is the new Conservatism! ;)
well yeah, you got me there......it's obviously true here everyday......at least situationally.....
PING for CEW/Lenhart agreement #3 of all time maybe...LOL
I have never worked for a company that didn’t pay me wages when I was out for any reason, including family situations. It wasn’t policy, but it’s how you keep the employees you want to retain. If you are a marginal employee that makes problems, don’t expect anything other than to the letter policy which doesn’t have to pay you squat.
I’ll second that!
Rubberio showing just how flexible he truly is......
You know what this Primary campaign needs? More GOPe!!! /s
“Go away Marco, go away”
Hopefully we get both...no White House and out of the Senate.
He can team up with boehner and get rich on K-Street.
The gang of eight have spoken again!!!
Go back to Fla. where Jebby is having such a hard time and float off to the sunset together, maybe between Mexico and Cuba.....
"It was as if John Boehner had a confession to make after all these years of troubled conscience. His recent resignation had the effect of suggesting the pro wrestling in Congress is fake. ......"
(Hint: all carefully orchestrated/choreographed for maximum cinematic effect)
Like Jeb, Rubio must have had a drink from the mythical Florida Fountain of Stupe.
It was discovered by the Spanish explorer, Ponce y Judi, shortly before he invented Florida’s first alligator petting zoo.
Rubio’s ONE REDEEMING QUALITY after he nearly DESTROYED this country with his repopulation plan (i.e., Amnesty) was that he tended to be conservative on other issues.
I guess that is OUT THE DOOR now.
You just don’t know Rubio very well. That one redeeming quality you saw was a mirage. Marco has always been on the liberal side. He pretends to take the path of conservative close to elections. When anyone starts complaining about him being a lib, he goes back to talking conservative. When he gets to whatever office he wants to go into, he returns to his lib roots again.
(If you had to juggle as many lies as Rubio does, you’d sweat profusely too.)
Don’t mistake me for a Rubio fan, if he’s the Republican in November, then TRUMP or any other Third Party candidate gets my vote.
I would RATHER LOSE the White House than have a Republican in there once again pushing for Open Borders.
He will NEVER get my vote. If it came down to it, I’d vote for Biden instead - at least we could more easily oppose him if he won.
2DV, you forgot your /s tag.. some may think you’re serious.
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