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In reply to the discussion: Newt: Economic Liberty Means No Annual Vacations For American Workers [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)26. it's always enjoyable to read an article by Newt
Last edited Thu Dec 15, 2011, 09:10 AM - Edit history (1)
It's like a trip into fairy tale land where every authoritarian cliche is true and all the complicated problems of the world can be fixed so simply. He would have made a great Maoist.
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This "cleaning bathrooms" thing. I don't know why he's so obsessed with it...
truth2power
Dec 2011
#14
I like how he attributes the 30% drop in summer employment between 2001 and 2010 to Obama!
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2011
#17
If it's legally mandated paid vacation days, the US is actually at 0 days paid vacation.
Selatius
Dec 2011
#25