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In reply to the discussion: Suppose we were limited to 5 National holidays...which would you keep? [View all]Ian David
(69,059 posts)33. Just make the first weekend in every month a three-day weekend.
Make them all "floating" vacation days. Employers would be required to give all of their workers five paid Mondays or Fridays off per year. The employees would choose which of the five they want to take.
The very name "holiday" implies that it is a "holy" day.
Get rid of them all, and replace them with my system instead.
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Suppose we were limited to 5 National holidays...which would you keep? [View all]
Grave Grumbler
Oct 2012
OP
change Columbus Day to "People who got here first, and then we killed almost all of them" Day
Gabi Hayes
Oct 2012
#3
Because what America really needs are fewer paid vacation days and more days working for the man?
Blue Idaho
Oct 2012
#18
I would expand the list to 20-30 holidays. Keep the current ones and add a 2 week summer break. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2012
#24
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. All others would be workdays.
OffWithTheirHeads
Oct 2012
#25