2016 Elections

[Vrede too]

Ah, thanks.

[GoCubsGo]

Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours

http://news.yahoo.com/jeb-bush-people-l ... c_src=copy

US workers work more hours than workers in any other large, industrialized country, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Whoops.

[JTA]

Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours

http://news.yahoo.com/jeb-bush-people-l ... c_src=copy

US workers work more hours than workers in any other large, industrialized country, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Whoops.

If I wasn't salary id be all about some overtime, but as it stands I just put in my 30 and leave.

[Vrede too]

... In a statement, a Bush aide clarified that he was referring to the underemployed and part-time workers ...

We disagree about causes and solutions but if this is what he meant, which seems possible, it's not outrageous to me. Progressives are also highlighting the involuntarily underemployed workers for Walmart and others, along with the struggle to find quality full time work in general.

[Bungalow Bill]

I didn't know the details, but that gives them. I know they aren't worth
much, sort of like those congressional forms where the assets can be
listed between $500,000 and $5,000,000. Yeah, that really narrows it
down.

[O Really]

... In a statement, a Bush aide clarified that he was referring to the underemployed and part-time workers ...

We disagree about causes and solutions but if this is what he meant, which seems possible, it's not outrageous to me. Progressives are also highlighting the involuntarily underemployed workers for Walmart and others, along with the struggle to find quality full time work in general.

If what he meant was that the part-time and underemployed people need to have full-time jobs, it's not an unreasonable idea. I'm sure a lot of people involuntarily working part-time would agree with him. But people don't usually set their own schedules, yet the subject of his sentence was "people need to..." Do you suppose he was hesitant to put the responsibility for work scheduling where it belongs - on the employer?

The employer makes essentially all the decisions on work schedules, and sets the strategy on which the schedules are based, i.e., more full-timers, more part-timers, temps, etc. The employer also makes the decisions on who is eligible for what (if any) benefits like health insurance. A big part of the problem comes when employers define a minimum number of regular hours to be eligible for insurance, then intentionally build a workforce that isn't eligible. Those people are then shorted not only in weekly earnings, but incur additional costs in their lives. The ACA takes a swipe at that problem, but because it is such a wimpy law, a lot of employers scurried around to find loopholes.

So if Jeb! wants to say employers should be subject to DOL audit on their scheduling so as to insure they are following a "full-time" strategy to the extent possible in their business and that everybody should get heath benefits... then I'd agree with him, despite the mess he made in Florida.

[Vrede too]

[GoCubsGo]

Told ya he needed his own thread. How about:

I Hump Trump!

[Sometime Lefty]

But everyone knows Cruz will win the nomination and then, overwhelmingly, win the presidency and the dem party will disappear for a generation! HA!! HA HAHA HA HA HA!!

[Vrede too]

No point, just interesting to me:

These countries work harder than the U.S.

... Workers in Mexico work the longest hours (in the world)....

South Korea has not submitted its data to the OECD for 2014 but in 2013 the nation was firmly the second-hardest working, behind Mexico....

The current debt crisis in Greece didn’t help the perception of the work ethic there, of Greeks being over-paid, underworked and retiring early. But in reality, Greeks work the longest hours in Europe, clocking in 2,042 hours a year in 2014, which works out to about 39 hours per week....

Americans are ranked #16 by OECD in terms of longest hours worked, putting in 1,788 in 2013 and 1,789 in 2014, or about 34.4 hours per week. That works out to more hours than in most countries. Keep in mind, the average of OECD countries is about 1,770 hours or 34 hours per week.

Germany, by the way, works the shortest hours of all OECD countries....

[Bungalow Bill]

Rick Perry better get going or he might be out of the Top Ten debate
in August. Thought the glasses would have led to more of a pay off.

This is starting to become a scam that the GOP runs every four years.
A lot of candidates join up and they seesaw for a while, trying to
create some suspense, but in the end the establishment guy wins just
about every time. Happened in 2008 and 2012 and probably many times
before that. In 2016 that guy will be Jeb! Now we'll have to be put through
months of pretend campaigning before the inevitable happens anyway.
Boring.

[Vrede too]

AP-GfK Poll: Americans view Clinton, Republicans unfavorably

... Just 39 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Clinton, while 49 percent have an unfavorable view ...

The percentage of Democrats giving Clinton positive marks fell from 81 percent in April to 70 percent in the July poll, while nearly a quarter of Democrats now say they see Clinton in an unfavorable light....



... nearly all the Republican candidates for president are viewed more negatively than positively, some of them by large margins. The only Republican candidate with even a slightly net positive rating is former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, viewed favorably by 20 percent of Americans, unfavorably by 15 percent, and an unknown to another 62 percent.

Americans are about as likely to hold favorable and unfavorable views of one other candidate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, but 43 percent were unable to rate him.

The poll shows that negative ratings of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are on the rise, at 44 percent, up from 36 percent in April.

Least popular of all is Donald Trump, viewed favorably by just 28 percent of Americans and unfavorably by 58 percent. On the other hand, nearly half of Republicans have a positive view of Trump, compared with just 4 in 10 with a negative view.

THE AP-GfK POLL
July, 2015

Of course, among Dems the question with Hillary is, "Compared to who?" It's weird that the poll asked about her, so many Republicans and Obama, who isn't running, but not about other Dems that are running.

[billy.pilgrim]

and there were no questions about jebber's criminal and unconstitutional activities while governor

[Vrede too]

True. Even so, his negative rating grew slightly more than Hillary's. Too bad we can't vote now in a binding 'Neither Hillary nor Jeb in 2016' election.

[Vrede too]

GOP Congressman Thinks Donald Trump May Have Been Planted By The Democrats

If so, brilliant.

As Trump Surges in the (GOP) Polls, Hispanic Voters Flock to Hillary Clinton

[Vrede too]

... A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday found Trump with 24% support among Republican voters.

That almost doubles his next-closest opponent, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who had 13%. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is in third place with 12%....

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-tr ... 24033.html

[O Really]

OK, I've read several analyses of why Trump gets good numbers, and I don't necessarily disagree with them, but I think it's simply a reflection of the anti-government, anti-politician crowd. Some people think it's a good thing to "speak one's mind" - even if, and may because, it offends. Some think a person who doesn't accept contributions because they're wealthy enough to buy their own election is somehow more honest. Some think a person who knows nothing about politics or the operation of government would be a great candidate for the highest political office in government. And there is precedent for electing such a person - just look at Maine. Fortunately, even the "majority of Republicans" don't represent the majority of Americans, and don't even represent the majority of likely voters. (even after hard core voter suppression) I'm personally more to the left of the mainstream voter, but they're the ones who will decide this election, like all the elections before. And they're not going for a Trump, a Cruz, a Walker, or a Rubio. They might go for another Bush if Hillary screws up badly, but in the meantime, Yea for the Donald!

[billy.pilgrim]

funny too, watching the Canadian with the terrorist father sucking up to Thumper. Do ya reckon he wants to be thumper's vp

[Vrede too]

Climate activist masterfully punks Scott Walker: Now he looks like even more of a Koch stooge
Student dupes Walker into posing with check illustrating he's bought and paid for by the Koch brothers

[Boatrocker]

[quote="Vrede too"]Climate activist masterfully punks Scott Walker: Now he looks like even more of a Koch stooge
Student dupes Walker into posing with check illustrating he's bought and paid for by the Koch brothers
Walker is a dumbass, even as Teathuglicans go.