Posted on 02/11/2009 1:27:19 PM PST by ForGod'sSake
Did anyone else notice this???
Actually needs a 150ft statue of lootie.
bump
Looters will no longer be shot.
They will now be bought.
LOL!!!
That bear thinks he is such a big old boy in the scheme of things. Cute.
Can I have a free home and free healthcare and a job somewhere other than McDonald’s where I only work a few hours a week but is a union job and if you give me all these free things I will vote straight democrat ticket for the rest of my life unless these free things are taken away by evil republicans and then I die and then my brother will vote straight democrat ticket using my voter ID card.
America: Raped, Robbed and Looted by a leftists coup
Someone contact the local ACORN Chapter and ensure he is registered to vote [multiple times].
too freaking funny!
New Abuse Bill Will Have Employers Paying Through the Nose
Under the SAFE bill, employees will have an iron-clad guarantee of lifelong job security, health insurance, as well as 30 days emergency leave each year.
Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX) have recently introduced their own version of the economic stimulus plan. The money will go straight into the pockets of working Americans, and it won't cost taxpayers a dime.
Want to hear more?
Frustrated over the endless haggling over the stimulus package, Roybal-Allard and Poe decided to introduce their own bill: H.R. 739, the Security and Financial Empowerment Act – SAFE for short.
Under the SAFE bill, employees will have an iron-clad guarantee of lifelong job security, health insurance, as well as 30 days emergency leave each year. Former workers are of course entitled to unemployment benefits.
And the only requirement is the employee has to be a victim of abuse. That's a small hurdle to overcome, though, because the bill generously defines abuse to include physical violence, psychological trauma, and that wonderful catch-all category, "emotional distress."
I know exactly what Ms. Roybal-Allard and Mr. Poe have in mind. Whenever the stock market dances through one of its 100-point gyrations, I experience substantial emotional distress. And whenever my lovely wife steps on the scales, she too may feel distress.
As you can see, we have an Epidemic of Abuse on our hands. It's right up there with cancer-causing breast implants and Red Dye No. 2.
To qualify, the claimant needs to become certified. She can plead her case in front of a judge. (In many states, procuring a restraining order is easier than getting a fishing license.) Or if that doesn't work, she can just sign a sworn statement.
I know, all this sounds fantastic, I must be making this up. So see for yourself: www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-739 [1]
The eligibility criteria for health insurance benefits are more liberal than anything you've seen before. As explained in Section 403 of the bill, no health insurer may deny or cancel a policy against any person who "is, has been, or may be the subject of abuse."
Hmmm. "Is, has been, or may be the subject of abuse" – can you think of a single person in the universe who can't wiggle into that definition?
And it's not just the woman (or man) who claims to have been abused, it's also any person "with whom the applicant or insured is known to have a relationship or association," according to the bill. So friends, relatives, maybe even pets – all will qualify under these sweeping eligibility criteria.
So President Obama, no need to fret about that campaign promise of universal health care. Representatives Roybal-Allard and Poe have got you covered!
Employers should not discount how widespread dubious claims of abuse have become. Two weeks ago Londoners were buzzing over the BBC personality who accused her ex-boyfriend of rape — 40 times over a two-and-a-half year period. When investigators called her claims "inconsistent" and "not credible," the well-known broadcaster retracted the scurillous charge.
In the United States, professor Benjamin Foster published a report in Cost Management journal showing 71% of abuse claims are either unnecessary or simply false. Now police departments are becoming bogged down with bogus crime reports. Recently the Dallas Police Department changed its policy to demand alleged victims provide a detailed account before classifying the incident as a crime.
The bill's state-mandated redistribution of wealth will no doubt cost billions of dollars each year.
Here are the numbers: Each year 1 in 10 couples engage in some type of violence such as a slap, kick, or thrown object. (Studies show women are just as likely as men to throw the first punch, but men are far less likely to call the cops. So we'll take men out of the equation for the sake of simplicity.) If you add in garden-variety lovers' quarrels, you're looking at much karger numbers.
So each year 10% of your female employees can qualify as a victim of abuse – and that doesn't include the "emotional distress" claims. Multiply their salaries by, say, 10 years. Then add in costs for health insurance and emergency leave.
Crank through the numbers — it's a staggering amount. Billions of dollars in unfunded employee liabilities – and that may turn out to be an underestimate.
But Ms. Roybal-Allard wants you to believe her bill will do wonders for the bottom line! In her January 28 press release, she makes the Orwellian claim the measure will "help employers retain good employees and avoid recruiting and training costs associated with domestic violence."
Let's call it a big step in the Long March toward the socialization of the American workplace.
>Looters will no longer be shot.
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>They will now be bought.
If we could shoot looters, then we could shoot Congress...
But I’m sure they’ll pass a law saying “That’s bad and not allowed!” which will promptly be declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court. [/cynic]
You know, the thing that strikes me as so ironic about this whole mess. Dims in general but black voters in particular, after fighting the good fight to get out from under the thumb of “whitey”, what do they do with their newfound freedoms? Vote themselves back to the plantation, and the true irony? Drag the rest of the country into the abyss along with them. Frustrating? Nah...
It looks ugly, but then again, the democrat party is ugly to the bone.
It's just a matter of time.
I don't have the vocabulary to describe my disdain for Dims. And after our Pubbies sold us down the river THEN lost everything because of it, well...
Something has gone completely haywire with the process. When fully 65%, give or take, of the population would be classified as conservative, and we can't even get 51% in an election??? In '92(?) when we swept everything and had high hopes of our guys hauling out the trash; they fell into the dumpster! What's wrong with that picture...
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