So, You STILL Don't Think Bush Is Out To #?%&! You?

Think about it. You work overtime and take home one-and-a-half times your normal wages. The Republicans want to take that guaranteed income away from you. In a new proposal by the Bush Administration (and strongly supported by business), the overtime becomes "comp" time, meaning you get to convert the overtime into paid time off at some future date. Problem? The time off is at the discretion of the employer, and the employer is allowed to make you wait up to more than a year to reap the time. Plus, business won't have to pay its taxes on the otherwise additional wages.

The proposal is currently making rounds in Congress as the Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act (Senate version) and the Family Time Flexibility Act (House version). Do I smell a scam? Is the Pope Polish? Molly Ivins has the scoop. Also read HERE and HERE. If you are paid hourly, read this and start spreading the word. If you haven't figured out by now that anything the Republicans toss your way that sounds too good to be true is really just good for the deep pockets of big business, then you deserve what you get from them.

Remember the famous words of Sister Mary Elephant: "Class, class... WAKE UP!"