Connecticut's Method of Eliminating Unemployment (Ban Layoffs by private companies)

Seeking Alpha ^ | Jan 26,2009 | Bill Zielinski

[dynachrome]

Just like Atlas Shrugs.

[castlebrew]

whenever someone says “it’s not about me”, it sure as heck is about them...

[listenhillary]

That is exactly what I told my wife when I read part of this article to her.

[dynachrome]

I re-read it annually, but now I seem to be living it.

[OneWingedShark]

Question: Could AT&T simply cut CT from it’s area of providing services (refunding customers as needed)? (Kinda like how some restaurants have that sign saying: “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.”)

[CriticalJ]

How can you ban someone from laying people off? Unreal.

[NRA1776]

Where is John Gault when we need him?

[KoRn]

.....

[dynachrome]

You are John Galt. And so am I.

[M Kehoe]

Just like Atlas Shrugs.

I was thinking the same thing.

Oh, and Atlas WILL shrug. The only variable is, WHEN.

5.56mm

[Lurker]

Directive 10-289

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[bluedressman]

Blumenthal just wants to be governor.

You could shut Hartford down tomorrow and no one would even notice. Instead of paying them billions to do nothing, all we’d need to do is put our local snow plows and police on the highways. Outsource our prisons to some Southern state and outsource medicare payments. Uconn is self sustaining.

Everything else is a complete waste and btw...AT&T already did their layoffs. I know a few people already let go.

[SeekAndFind]

How can you ban someone from laying people off?

By passing a law making layoffs illegal.

What if the Federal Government made this a law (I'm sure the Dems in Congress would be itching to do this) instead of just Connecticut ? I guess the socialist will be very happy because we will now have UNIVERSAL JOB SECURITY.

HALLELUJAH !! The Messiah has just worked a miracle that ensures that everyone will keep his job !!

[mamelukesabre]

OK.

So the whole company goes broke and out of business when it can’t lay off anyone. Then what? They all lose their jobs? Or does the state bail the company out then?

OR! Maybe they just chop everyone’s wages in half instead of laying off a few. did they make that illegal too?

[Starfleet Command]

I am *so* tired of life imitating art.

[CIDKauf]

This is a Jap thing...you hire its...forever....company and all of you are now gone....or maybe not.

[theBuckwheat]

Yet another reason to not start my next tech company there.

[Boiling Pots]

Atlas Shrugged?

[dynachrome]

Ayn Rand lives!