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In the discussion thread: Missouri Lawmaker Wants Stores Closed for Thanksgiving [View all]

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Tue Dec 4, 2012, 01:47 PM

jonesgirl (157 posts)

18. I was a youngster then. It goes to show how much Wall Street has damaged America, and that everyone

can't be investors.

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Missouri Lawmaker Wants Stores Closed for Thanksgiving [View all]	pstokely	Dec 2012	OP
Not such a bad idea. The old "blue laws" may have been too restictive, but...	TreasonousBastard	Dec 2012	#1
Can't cities do this?	Jeff In Milwaukee	Dec 2012	#3
Sure they can. Paramus NJ is shut down on Sundays and has been for years...	TreasonousBastard	Dec 2012	#38
wow. what a dumb ass....	bowens43	Dec 2012	#2
Missouri was one of the later states to eliminate blue laws	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#4
The only solution for this is for people not to shop...	cynatnite	Dec 2012	#5
True, but now they make it an incentive	Sweet Freedom	Dec 2012	#37
Stupid idea	dbackjon	Dec 2012	#6
Good for him.	Arkana	Dec 2012	#7
Grocerie Stores	Hayabusa	Dec 2012	#19
gas stations? the power company? the gas company? the water company? drug stores?	onenote	Dec 2012	#24
Group Homes	HockeyMom	Dec 2012	#27
I dont understand. Why? nm	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#35
My Wife Is A 25	1ProudAtheist	Dec 2012	#8
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
Think of it as an extension of labor laws	tinrobot	Dec 2012	#9
Or say that every worker has the right to negotiate a rate for the day	muriel_volestrangler	Dec 2012	#14
What makes "retail" workers more special than other workers?	onenote	Dec 2012	#25
As Jon Stewart said last night, look out Halloween.	truthisfreedom	Dec 2012	#10
Good. Nt	xchrom	Dec 2012	#11
Everything old is new again. Remember when all businesses were closed on holidays, and on Sundays?	jonesgirl	Dec 2012	#12
that was back in the day	barbtries	Dec 2012	#16
I was a youngster then. It goes to show how much Wall Street has damaged America, and that everyone	jonesgirl	Dec 2012	#18
The only thing worse than a pro-Corporate politician...	randome	Dec 2012	#13
wasting time imo	barbtries	Dec 2012	#15
Good for him.	rosesaylavee	Dec 2012	#17
really?	barbtries	Dec 2012	#20
Christmas is technically for Christians	ErikJ	Dec 2012	#22
Yes, I think it's a good thing.	rosesaylavee	Dec 2012	#41
blue laws are inevitably arbitrary and unfair	onenote	Dec 2012	#21
I am for this also. I do not shop on Thanksgiving.	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#23
What if you're not thankful, and your friends are dicks and your family is dead?	Atman	Dec 2012	#28
The government has the right to enforce a day of respite	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#30
Then impose a limit on the number of days or hours that people can be required to work	onenote	Dec 2012	#32
Labor Day would be fine.	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#39
But as a practical matter, many of us are speechless animals.	Atman	Dec 2012	#33
So every American has to believe in the same traditions?	Atman	Dec 2012	#26
REMEMBER THE VALUES: family is more important than shopping, RIGHT?	Yupy	Dec 2012	#29
re:Missouri Lawmaker Wants Stores Closed for Thanksgiving	allan01	Dec 2012	#31
We allow idiots to buy guns anytime but we will not allow shopping on Thanksgiving?	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#34
I would support this	ButterflyBlood	Dec 2012	#40

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