[newgeezer]

Employers should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason or no reason at all.

But, no. Property rights have gone the way of the dinosaurs.

[rawhide]

"Employers should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason or no reason at all."

Can an employer fire someone for the reason that they will not have a sexual fling with the boss? How about someone who is Chinese, and the new boss hates Chinese? What if an employee will not come to your house and clean out your gutters? You DID say any reason?

[Prov3456]

For what the employee does on the job, perhaps. But not for what the employee does from his personal home computer while at home during his free time.

Are you ready for your employer to fire you because he/she doesn't like what you watch on TV at home in the evening? I know it sounds far-fetched, but that's where big brother and extreme PC are headed.

[rockabyebaby]

Employers should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason or no reason at all.

Ahem, I don' think so! If I'm sitting in a bar ON MY OWN TIME and my boss does not drink you're saying that gives him the right to fire me? I DON'T THINK SO.

[stinkerpot65]

Allstate is pro-homosexual and anti-Christian.

http://afa.net/allstate05.asp

The firing of Mr. Barber is in keeping with Allstate's promotion of the homosexual agenda including homosexual marriage. A few examples:

· Gave $10,000 to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a homosexual organization which promotes homosexual marriage.

· Supports homosexual websites with advertising dollars.

· Gave $5,000 to the Indiana University office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services.

· Gave $15,000 to the Gay & Lesbian Center in Los Angeles.-

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I agree. Employers should be able to fire any employee for any reason - or none at all.

OTOH, since this is not the case here anymore in the U.S. of A., turnabout is fair play.

[Sam the Sham]

Fine. If you see yourself as your employer's property.

[Hildy]

Employers should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason or no reason at all.

Really? You want to live in a Country where your boss can fire you because you won't go on a date with him? Or your anti-semetic Supervisor axes you for wearing a Star of David around your neck. Or your gay boss fires you for having a Jesus fish on your car? How about the guy in the cubicle next to you just doesn't like the way you laugh. Don't you want to retract that ridiculous statement?

[Sloth]

Employers should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason or no reason at all.

Absolutely true. However, I doubt Allstate supports that or any other libertarian principle, so screw 'em.

[biblewonk]

Employers should be able to hire and fire anyone for any reason or no reason at all.

I disagree. When HyVee gets 1 million dollars in tax payers money to "provide jobs" and a service to the community, they should not be at liberty redefine what they are providing to that community by downgrading the promised employment.

Also on a different note, being part of a society that has so many dependencies on a secular government requires a certain secularness in employers.

[GOP_1900AD]

But in practice, the main point of view in publicly held corporations is Left leaning and PC and typically, only Rightists ever really get fired for their political activities outside of work. It's simply not right ethically.