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Calif. Enacts Paid Family Leave Bill
AP ^ | September 23, 2002 | Paul Chavez

Posted on 09/23/2002 6:56:26 PM PDT by EveningStar

Gov. Gray Davis signed a law Monday that makes California the first state to offer workers paid family leave.

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KEYWORDS: atlasshrugs; calgov2002; california; familyleave; gimmegimme; graydavis; paidleave; serfdom; socialism; troll
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To: EveningStar
I hope Davis wins. If not, then as California slides into hell from all he has done the idiots there will blame Simon.
21 posted on 09/23/2002 7:27:47 PM PDT by chance33_98
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To: John Jorsett
Those $3 deductions are going to go up by a factor of five or ten in short order.

You're correct of course.

It's the same slippery slope liberalism we see time and time again.

First, people demand unpaid family leave.

When they get that, they want paid family leave.

Coming next, there'll be complaints that the benefits are too low, so they'll have to be increased, along with taxes.

We see it over and over and over again.

22 posted on 09/23/2002 7:29:10 PM PDT by j271
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To: j271
Coming next, there'll be complaints that the benefits are too low, so they'll have to be increased, along with taxes.

According to Rush, quite awhile ago and on a different subject, businesses are packing up and slowly leaving California. They're moving to places like Iowa.

23 posted on 09/23/2002 7:35:11 PM PDT by concerned about politics
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To: concerned about politics
California may be the first with PAID leave but they won't be the last. People think this is just a California problem. :(
24 posted on 09/23/2002 7:41:48 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: concerned about politics
More slippery slope liberalism...

Welfare's not enough! I want a free car!

(also in California)

25 posted on 09/23/2002 7:47:57 PM PDT by j271
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To: John Jorsett
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Economics really can be modelled the same as physics.

26 posted on 09/23/2002 7:49:38 PM PDT by AmishDude
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To: jdontom
This is so bad for many reasons. Once a few start taking leave - others WHO ALSO PAY THE TAX will start saying to themselves "I'VE paid, I should be able to go too." So they'll take paid leave. All this is (IMHO) is a TAX INCREASE. I wonder if there will ever come a point when most of CA businesses will just get up and leave? Paid leave is RIGHT - paid by EACH WORKER! When will people get smart???
27 posted on 09/23/2002 7:50:33 PM PDT by Libertina
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To: EveningStar
Perhaps we can loan our governor to China. I don't think they have any Pander Bears.

As if Californian's don't get stuck enough with an 8% plus sales tax, state income tax and federal income taxe, social security, SDI and Medicare. Now let's add on $7 per pay check to cover folks who want to sit on their ass for 90 days instead of being productive.

This is insane. The state is $30 billion in debt and Davis can't spend money fast enough.

28 posted on 09/23/2002 8:00:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: EveningStar
And we thought that the kamikazes were stupid.
29 posted on 09/23/2002 8:00:21 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: EveningStar
Top Stories - AP
 

                                    Calif. Enacts Paid Family Leave Bill
                                    Mon Sep 23,10:22 PM ET

                                    By PAUL CHAVEZ, Associated Press Writer

                                    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis ( news - web sites) signed a law
                                    Monday that makes California the first state to offer workers paid family leave.

                                                       The law — financed by an employee payroll tax —
                                                       allows workers to take six weeks off to care for a
                                                       newborn, a newly adopted child or ill family member.
                                                       Employees will be eligible to receive 55 percent of
                                                       their wages during their absence, up to a maximum
                                                       of $728 a week.

                                                       "I don't want Californians to choose between being
                                                       good parents and good employees," said Davis, a
                                    Democrat running for re-election in November.

                                    Supporters hope the bill will serve as a nationwide model, while business
                                    groups denounced it as too costly for employers.

                                    Federal law grants up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for workers at businesses
                                    with more than 50 employees.

                                    The paid-leave law is the latest of several groundbreaking social and
                                    environmental laws passed in California this year. Earlier, California became the
                                    first state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. On Sunday, Davis signed a
                                    bill to allow stem cell research in the state — a move that runs counter to Bush
                                    administration policy.

                                    Under the new paid-leave program, workers will be allowed to start taking time
                                    off as of July 1, 2004.

                                    The program will be funded entirely by employee payroll deductions, averaging
                                    about $27 a year and ranging up to $70 a year for those earning more than
                                    $72,000 annually.

                                    About 13 million of California's 16 million workers will be eligible. State and local
                                    government employees contribute to a different plan.

                                    Businesses with fewer than 50 employees are not required to hold a job for a
                                    worker who goes on paid family leave, according to the AFL-CIO, which helped
                                    write the bill.

                                    Nevertheless, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney called the bill landmark
                                    legislation and said he hopes other states will follow suit.

                                    Twenty-seven other states, including Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey
                                    and Washington, have introduced similar legislation.

                                    GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon, Davis' rival in the November election,
                                    called the bill a "one-size-fits-all mandate" that will prove too costly for small
                                    businesses.

                                    He said in a statement that workers should be able to decide whether to take
                                    part, and incentives should be offered to employers. "This avoids taxing every
                                    employee and employer in the labor force in order to provide a benefit not
                                    everyone wants," he said.

                                    California business groups had tried to kill the bill.

                                    "It's very discouraging, and California small businesses are going to pay the
                                    price for this bill," said Julianne Broyles, a lobbyist for the California Chamber of
                                    Commerce ( news - web sites). "They are going to have to compete with similar
                                    businesses in other states that don't have to contend with this."

                                    She said the law fails to address the real cost to employers, which includes
                                    paying for overtime, replacement workers and training to fill in for those who go
                                    on family leave.

30 posted on 09/23/2002 8:02:28 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: EveningStar
Thank you for posting this so that all can see just how important it is to go to the polls and vote on election day.

I found out that Joseph Graham Davis initially won by less than one vote per precinct.

Now, does ANYONE still wonder if their vote counts???

31 posted on 09/23/2002 8:07:03 PM PDT by NordP
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To: EveningStar
California has State Employees-- not workers. "Joe-Gray is giving away money faster than he can spend it. /sarcasm
32 posted on 09/23/2002 8:10:44 PM PDT by let freedom sing
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To: chance33_98
George is cleaning up all the mess from Clinton.

Everyone said that George was an idiot.

George is surprising everyone.

Simon can, too ;-)

33 posted on 09/23/2002 8:10:49 PM PDT by NordP
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To: EveningStar
Your state is next.

Ohio, no way. We have NO statewide elected Democrats.

34 posted on 09/23/2002 8:12:13 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: EveningStar
I'm sure my state is...

We've got a massive deficit, highest unemployment in the nation and an economic climate that is horrendous. So of course we'll follow California's lead. We wouldn't want anyone to have to work, would we? And we'll have an unemployment rate challenging France's once we do.

35 posted on 09/23/2002 8:12:27 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: EveningStar
Davis is in the news literally everyday in California signing this bill and that bill. The problem is he ain't fooling anybody but himself, thinking this is effective politics. He is going to lose because the Wizard of Oz routine isn't working anymore.
36 posted on 09/23/2002 8:13:25 PM PDT by Russell Scott
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To: EveningStar
The real hell is that once you pass an entitlement of any kind you can NEVER get rid of it.

Ever.

It'll drag your economy forever.

37 posted on 09/23/2002 8:14:14 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: dogbyte12
an average of $3 a month as an employee, deducted from your check

It is as bad as it sounds: Deducted = stolen

38 posted on 09/23/2002 8:30:34 PM PDT by LouD
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To: AmishDude
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Employers will discriminate against parents.

39 posted on 09/23/2002 8:46:02 PM PDT by Salman
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To: DoughtyOne
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees are not required to hold a job for a worker who goes on paid family leave, according to the AFL-CIO, which helped write the bill.

This is good news for small businesses. Take that leave, and you're fired! At least it will keep people working there.

40 posted on 09/23/2002 8:53:04 PM PDT by concerned about politics
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