[jazusamo]

Criminal behavior by the 0bama/union controlled NLRB, the judiciary had better not let it stand.

[Verginius Rufus]

Michael Ignatieff has a piece in the Sept. 25 issue of The New York Review of Books where he quotes Lawrence Summers' description of present-day Russia and China as examples of "authoritarian mercantilism" (combining authoritarianism in political form, capitalism in economics, and nationalism in ideology), but Ignatieff prefers the term "authoritarian capitalism" because of the strong element of cronyism in both Russia and China.

Maybe that should be seen as the goal that Obama is aiming for, to bring about in the US as well.

As Ignatieff points out, there is merely a pretense of the rule of law in Russia and China. That is certainly what Obama and the Democrats are trying to achieve in America.

[resistance]

Buffet bought Prudential Real Estate. This could turn agents from independent contracts to employees. That would blow up the real estate industry.

[Jack Hammer]

This absolute *ss-clown of a president simply will not rest until the economy of the United States lies in ruins.

There’s something seriously wrong with the way his mind works.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If they could unionize all fast food workers and all Walmart workers the Democrats would be rolling in union-dues dough!

Obamacare already unionizes sixteen million health care workers, so all those dues will be funneled to them soon, too!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And if three-fourths of them go out of business, so much the better!

[sauron]

Rusho said it: Obama is going through the American economy like Godzilla went through Tokyo.

[rockinqsranch]

ONE BIG STEENKING RAT here. I recall reading the Unions are exempt in the bill they are pushing for minimum wage of $15.00 per hour for service workers. IF that IS true then the unions will clean house as IF this NLRB mandate, this decision by the NLRB becomes law then the franchisees will be out as there would be no point in franchises, and the Parent companies would choose to go union rather than pay the $15.00 hr. otherwise mandated wage.

Another gratuity from the Democrats, and the Obama Administration to their loyal union supporters is what I see here.

[Still Thinking]

No longer would franchisees be legally classified as independent contractors to the parent company.

They're NOT independent contractors to the parent. That's absurd. They're CUSTOMERS of the parent. Money flows from the franchises to the parent. In return, the company provides a store license (and sometimes physical location), a recognizable brand, advertising, ingredients and so on. It's a little different from a normal vendor-customer relationship, but that's the basis of it. It's beyond ludicrous to say the franchise owners are contractors to the parent.

Of course that makes Ebola and the NLRB look even more ridiculous (if that were possible), so this rational viewpoint will never see the light of day.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

And so goes the last affordable meals in America. Sad. And doubly sad for the millions of teenagers who first learn to say “Yes sir” to a boss they hate in places like this.

[narses]

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