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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43272)	4/20/2004 3:57:35 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Don't you get tired of being lame? TP This appears to be a pretty good read. You can educate yourself. washingtonpost.com

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43272)	4/20/2004 9:02:06 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 89467

The Great King Bushkee Taketh AWAY once again....not only is he in charge of OUTSOURCING WHITE COLLAR JOBS....HE"S SCREWING THOSE STILL LEFT IN THE US!!!!! GO TO KEEP THOSE CORPORATE PROFITS UP!!! no matter WHAT THE COST TO US! BUSH STIFFS WORKERS ON OVERTIME While touting the economy this month, President Bush said, "A more productive worker makes more money" (1). But if he has his way on new overtime regulations, that will no longer be the case for tens of thousands of workers. In a move designed to blur the issue, the Administration today said it was revising its previous effort to terminate overtime protections for 8 million workers (2). But even by the Bush Administration's own admission, the "new" regulations will mean that tens of thousands of lower-income workers will be cut off (3). Opponents of the Administration's plan say that the revisions would still cause problems for mean millions. The regulations are so bad for workers that some state legislatures have even rushed through legislation to block them (4). The new overtime regulations come just four months after AP reported that the Bush Labor Department began "giving employers tips on how to avoid paying overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers" (5). The Administration specifically told employers they could "cut workers' hourly wages and add the overtime to equal the original salary, or raise salaries to the new $22,100 annual threshold, making them ineligible." Labor Secretary Elaine Chao testified before Congress that too many workers were filing "needless litigation" in efforts to force employers to pay them back wages (6). Her insult to workers belied the fact that judges have ordered the government to "collect more than $212 million in back pay for workers" - the most in a decade and a strong signal that the efforts to fight worker abuse are far from "needless."