Small Biz Fights Big Socialism

Sometimes people just don't get it. They have forgotten their history lessons and somehow feel that this time around it will be possible to have both socialism and a thriving economy. Fortunately, New York small business owners are reminding state lawmakers to reject plans that would extend family leave and increase the minimum wage.

The National Federation of Independent Business, a Washington-based advocacy group, conducted a survey of 11,000 members of its New York chapter and found that 92 percent opposed the family-leave measure, which would extend paid employee absences to 12 weeks. 83 percent opposed the increase in minimum wage.

Critics believe these measures will prevent small businesses from creating more jobs, especially in light of the current mortgage crisis.

My rant: 3 months of paid time off! WOW! I do not know anyone that wouldn't LOVE for their employer to pay them for 12 weeks off from work, but it's really not the responsibility of the business to finance what you do at home. It is amazing how the government so joyously pushes off it's socialist agenda on businesses. Whether or not you believe the government should be responsible for providing for the people, we should all agree that businesses should NOT be responsible for this. And yet, for most Americans, it is the employer that provides them with health insurance, facilitates their retirement, pays for them if they become unemployed, pays for schools and other taxes unrelated to the business itself, and pays for family leave. When did it become alright for Small Business to be the whipping boy of Big Socialism?

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February 8th 08:45 AM
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February 8th 09:03 AM
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