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Showing Original Post only (View all)Missouri Lawmaker Wants Stores Closed for Thanksgiving [View all]
Source: AP
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - A Missouri Democratic lawmaker is trying to stop "black Friday" shopping from ruining the Thanksgiving dinners of workers.
House member Jeff Roorda, of Barnhart, plans legislation that would prohibit retail stores from opening on Thanksgiving.
He has dubbed it the "Thanksgiving Family Protection Act" and says the holiday should be about families and not about profit or greed. He says Thanksgiving should not become "black Friday eve."
Read more: http://www.komu.com/news/missouri-lawmaker-wants-stores-closed-for-thanksgiving/
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Not such a bad idea. The old "blue laws" may have been too restictive, but...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2012
#1
Sure they can. Paramus NJ is shut down on Sundays and has been for years...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2012
#38
gas stations? the power company? the gas company? the water company? drug stores?
onenote
Dec 2012
#24
What a great idea. I think we should go even farther. Lets have a Freedom day and force everyone
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#36
Or say that every worker has the right to negotiate a rate for the day
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#14
Everything old is new again. Remember when all businesses were closed on holidays, and on Sundays?
jonesgirl
Dec 2012
#12
I was a youngster then. It goes to show how much Wall Street has damaged America, and that everyone
jonesgirl
Dec 2012
#18
Then impose a limit on the number of days or hours that people can be required to work
onenote
Dec 2012
#32
We allow idiots to buy guns anytime but we will not allow shopping on Thanksgiving?
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#34