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To: Mephisto who wrote (43410)	8/23/2004 1:44:38 PM
From: Mephisto	of 81568

Edwards Blasts New Overtime Rules news.yahoo.com By JOHN HARTZELL, Associated Press Writer RACINE, Wis. - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Monday criticized the Bush administration and its economic policies for new workplace rules that he contended reverse more than 60 years of protecting overtime pay. The changes affect mostly white-collar workers, according to the Labor Department . Edwards and presidential nominee John Kerry predict that teachers, computer programers and others could see their pay shrink after the changes go into affect on Monday. "We're not going to take away your overtime," Edwards told hundreds of people at a rally at a Racine meeting hall. Estimates of how many workers might see their pay decrease because of changes in the Fair Labor Standards Act vary from 107,000 to 6 million. Supporters of the changes claim up to 1.3 million workers could become eligible for overtime because of the changes. Employers sought the changes for decades, complaining that regulations were confusing and out of date. Edwards called for changing the tax code, providing small-business incentives and moving toward energy independence as ways to retain and increase jobs. "We're going to roll back tax cuts for the richest Americans," he said. The Bush-Cheney campaign said the Democrats have distorted the president's record and the new rules will grant overtime pay to some workers not now eligible. "This attack is another example of the Kerry campaign trying to mislead American workers," spokesman Matt McDonald said. "The only loser under this reform is the trial lawyers who have created an overtime lawsuit industry that costs our economy $2 billion per year." Edwards amassed his personal fortune as a plaintiff's trial lawyer before winning election to the Senate from North Carolina in 1998. Edwards defended Kerry's character and his wartime record, calling television ads attacking Kerry "a lie" and maintaining that Kerry served "honorably" in Vietnam. A group of veterans who served with Kerry in Vietnam have claimed in the ads that Kerry lied and exaggerated his wartime record. "Those ads are being funded by and pushed by friends of George W. Bush," Edwards said. The White House and the Bush campaign have denied any direct connection to the veterans group. A volunteer left Bush's campaign Saturday after the campaign learned he appeared in one of the group's ads. After his stop in Racine, Edwards was headed to Oshkosh and later to La Crosse. Kerry is scheduled to visit Green Bay on Wednesday.

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