Good article. Everyone should read and share it--or STFU. There is however a basic flaw in the authors understanding of the GOPer mindset. They have so completely swallowed the basic premise of trickle-down economics--that anything that reduces profit for owners will result in a downturn in jobs--that they reject the principles in Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations. This moves them to place self interest ahead of all other considerations, and arguments like the following are meaningless: OK, fair enough, you might say. But why would conservatives see overtime pay as good? Because of family values, of course, as Heidi Shierholz noted in an August 2014 EPI report, “Increasing the Overtime Salary Threshold Is Family-Friendly Policy”: To ensure the basic, family-friendly right to a limited workweek, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that workers covered by FLSA overtime provisions must be paid at least “time-and-a-half,” or 1.5 times their regular pay rate, for each hour of work per week beyond 40 hours.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:55:22 +0000
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