Canning the smokers-
There was a lively discussion on Dori Monson
yesterday---
He is for it.... taking his usual Libertarian stand-
if you have a private company and are in control, one
has the ability to limit anything that is not regulated
by fed, state law. One is smoking and health insurance
because the company has the policy and pays the premiums-
and since smoking is a choice and does not have ANY health benefit (even drinking alcohol has some), not a health defect, pregnancy or being fat and many other 'if's that was thrown at Dori, AND also the
company announced this over a year ago and helped in
stop smoking-- he felt it was a correct justification.
I agree. If you don't follow the rules that could be applied
to all equally, then leave. (maybe a contract says more clearly, the sports stars have clauses what they can't do in
their free time)
The company's benefit-- lower cost, healthier folk, less
missing days by employees (something about a study that showed smokers had more absent days-- dont know--there's studies for everything with a rainbow of results)
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The race question? if it isn't so important to list or
not 'ethical'or PC then why does the Fed's Census includes it,
asking multiple Q's about it and slice and dice it in many
different views.
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The social security Q and the Dems plan:
yes they have one-- do nothing (let their kid's
kid's worry about it and what ever
is presented, take the opposite position.
(if it does cost a trillion dollars in 10yrs to
overhaul the system, I am against it....).
I do not believe it cost the taxpayers that much
to set up Keogh's, IRA, SEP and MSA's. There
is got to be something simpler, less costly.
We do have a 'canary in the mine' though,
Europe and their social system is estimated
to break down in 15 years not 40 like ours. |
