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- This is a topic that has really fascinated me but at the same time angers me. I trully believe Americans have been taken for a ride and with most of the power control in the wrong hands, it seems acceptable that on average, Americans take on average 9 days of annual leave a year. I my opinion it is a disgracefull statisitic bordering on the disgusting. I believe that the zero vacation policy is there for employers to take advantage of their workforce so while they go on vacation, their employees can sustain their business's by being refused vacation leave.
I am very gratefull to be a European and that here in the UK we atleast have 20 annual leave and in most EU nations, even more annual leave. This system is better for the economy as that people are more productive in the workplace because they have more time to recharge their batteries but most importantly, gives Europeans the right to experiance the world which is one of the greatest gifts anyone can experiacne in their lifetime and this should be a right not a perk. Any conservatives out there willing to disagree with me are more than welcome to reply because you really do not have a leg to stand on when it comes to this topic.
Also, I believe any supporters of the zero vacation policy fail to understand the joy of life, put $ and statitistics ahead of the pleasure of life which defeats the objective and to be honest this attitude comes across as sadistic. A third of Americans taking forms of anti-depressants backs up my comment.
I really hope 1 day every American will have the right to have at least 20 days paid vacation in the futute.
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- NorCalDave said it best just by starting with the word WE. I'm not going to read thru 114 more fingerpointing crybabies spewing on about Regan and Socialism, that's all you're good for. You might want to think how we got where we are today by labor reform. We would still be slaving away for the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Morgans, indebt to the company store with nothing to show for it. Sounds to me like you never worked with sheetrock till your hands cracked and bled 40+ hours a week for years at a time. If you have, you forgot what you used to think about when you did. YOU WISHED YOU WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE! I worked very at my current part-time job for 5 years, make 8 bucks an hour + comissions, this year I get two weeks paid vacation because I have earned it. I will take it and enjoy it, I've earned it. It is my belief that anyone that produces enough for a company should be thrown a bone to match. You should complain about company ruining executives and the bones Obama handed to 'em. It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your children are?
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- We need this to make our businesses more competitive with the Euro companies who are taking our best & brightest.
Bank reform - check
Health Care - check
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- One poster here commented that this topic should have been presented at Labor Day rather than Memorial Day. I think the reason the latter was chosen was that it begins the traditional vacation season at the start of summer. But maybe the more appropos holiday would have been Halloween, as the theme of that day sums up the events of the past three decades: treats for the rich, tricks for everybody else.
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- This country has gone to hell in a handbasket, since Reagan fired the Air Controllers! The republicans have sold out Americans to the highest bidder!
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- How'd that work out for you and your family? You recommend it, do you?
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- Nobody I have ever known has ever said: "I wish I had spent more time at the office." But I have heard plenty of regrets about failed marriages and alienated kids. No job/career is worth your soul, full-time!
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- Socialism.
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- Americans worship at the altar of Capitalism and Corporations and Wall Street are our gods! This country was actually built on the back of slave labor only now it the middle and lower classes that have become those slaves. We're brainwashed by our patriotism that sings about "freedom and justice for all" when really it's just the corporations and Wall Street who have that freedom..and justice. 20 days vacation? Hey, that's satanic socialism. Along with REAL universal health care. Not being treated like a slave by your employer? Whoa! That seditious talk there!
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- You want more vaca? Start your own business. Took me about 40 years with no vacation.
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