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elliemae
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2011 Aug 26, 7:06am
The Displaced Janitor Opportunity Act (AB 350) is the best bill you can point to Honest Abe? Really? I'm cracking up.
Somebody got served.
Not only served, but the area will be professionally cleaned.
Let's take a look at the Displaced Janiotr Opportunity Act, shall we?
It applies to janitorial companies that employ 25 or more janitors. Senate Bill (SB) 20 requires janitorial contractors and subcontractors that secure a new building service contract to continue employing the janitors of the former contractor or subcontractor for at least 60 days. At the end of the 60 days, the new contractor is required to provide a written evaluation of each janitor's job performance and to continue employing janitors whose performance has been satisfactory.
I can see how this would be a small business killer. I imagine that, before this bill, a company could underbid a current contractor and hire all new workers at minimum wage when they're awarded the contract. Or, they could "sell" (transfer ownership) and do the same thing.
How sad it is that a new company would have to continue to pay workers a living wage. It's more important to protect the company than the workers, because the owners' lives are worth more than the workers.
Much like the lawsuit that a woman filed against McDonald's, this issue is misunderstood and used as an example of dumb legislation. But, like the woman who received severe burns requiring surgical intervention even tho McDonald's was repeatedly warned that the coffee was too hot to hold in the cup which led to her dropping the coffee in her lap, there's more to this story. It protects people whose jobs were satisfactory, yet lost anyway because someone wanted to save a buck.
But then abeabe & shrek and their buddies would bitch that these workers were drawing unemployment benefits, food stamps, welfare, or whatever program... Damn janitors ought to go get a fucking job.
Oh, that's right - they have one because there's a law protecting them.
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq
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2011 Aug 26, 7:32am
Listen canine breath, the purpose of workers is to work. The purpose of a boss is to collect all the money and boss around the workers. The purpose of the owner is to take nearly all the money from the boss and live a privileged life free from mortal concerns.
You Chartists can pass your stupid laws and rules, and people like me will: ignore them, buy some politicians to change it, or have one of our blackmailed attorneys find a loophole to exploit. In the end, you just waste a bunch of time that you could be using instead to learn how to make a proper gin martini.
Now that would be innovation, teaching my dog to make a proper gin martini.
elliemae
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2011 Aug 26, 8:45am
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq says
Listen canine breath
Okay, I'll give you that one...
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq says
the purpose of workers is to work.
This bill allows workers to work. Even land barons such as yourself, who surely wipes his ass with $100 dollar bills, can understand this. I'm thinking that you're in the "owner" category here, and therefore can't compehend that a priveledged life free of mortal concerns is beyond these workers... so here's an explanation you might understand:
The guy who keeps your lucious gardens perfect probably has a couple of children - if you don't pay him enough, he won't be able to bring the children to work with him under the guise of spending time with daddy. They won't be able to "help" by pullling weeds or spreading fertilizer (probably causing them to be infertile 'cause you are above the laws of the EPA). This translates into higher expenses for you because you'll have to hire an adult rather than to rely upon the free labor of the little children who just wanted some family time. If you charge them for ice cream, you can also make a few extra dollars you can use to line the insides of your kitty litter box.
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq says
In the end, you just waste a bunch of time that you could be using instead to learn how to make a proper gin martini.
I can make a proper gin martini, the problem is carrying it to you. Everytime I grab the glass like a bone, the drink pours out. Perhaps you could get your blackmailed attorneys to file a patent on a martini glass with a lid.
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq says
Now that would be innovation, teaching my dog to make a proper gin martini.
Your prissy dogs are stupid. I can herd goats, cattle, and unsuspecting small children.
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"Republicans prevent small business formation" by Patrick. Hahaha, you're kidding right? You can't be serious.
Patrick, you live in California don't you? In California there is a constant barrage of Senate and Assembly bills which prevent small business formation, impede job creation, have barriers to affordable housing and contain higher consumer costs, unnecessary regulatory burdens, costly workplace mandates, higher taxes, increased employer liability, increased health care costs and an increase in unfair, burdensome and costly litigation - virtually ALL sponsored by liberal Democrats. Patrick, apparently you are uneducated or ignorant of the facts.
Of the most recent job killing bills, seven are costly workplace mandates, 10 are economic development barriers, three are employee benefit mandates, four are new, expensive regulatory burdens and five contain inflated liability risks - again ALL sponsored by Democrats. Patrick, I think you are in denial of reality.
I'll close with a quote from the San Francisco Examiner: "Democratic legislators in Sacramento have sponsored so many anti-business bills in the current legislative session that they must not be aware that California's unemployment rate is a dreadful 11.8 percent." August 3, 2011.
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