“One of the consequences of such notions as “entitlements” is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.” – Thomas SowellI have always been at a crossroads when it comes to allowing companies to drug test their employees. On one hand, it seems to be an invasion of privacy and should probably be used as a reactionary, rather than proactive, measure. However, I also believe a private company should have the right to make that a feature of their “contract” and the employee has the right to choose to work at the company or not. There are plenty of companies that do not have a drug testing policy, and the market may soon realize that they are either attracting better talent or that their employees are wasting 4-5 hours a day looking at bush league blogs….!
I caught a headline last week regarding a proposal to drug test welfare recipients. This is a no brainer! I was surprised they hadn’t been doing it already….
This is a voluntary contract entered into by the welfare recipient and the government. If the government wants to intervene with the car companies and fire CEO’s, they can certainly attach some strings to anyone else receiving money from them. The fear of drug testing will either motivate the recipient into cleaning up his or her life, or it could possibly be a deterrent from ever applying for assistance in the first place.
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The lady looks like Janny our old maid. Wayne, those aren't your kids are they?
"The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery."
~ Sir Winston Churchill
This plan make waaaay too much sense. Which means it won't pass -
Anyone else feel iffy/slighty dirty about how this GM CEO was run off by our "Gov't"?
While a agree the majority of these idiots deserve to lose their job (no arguement there), is it truly the role of the gov't to run off a CEO of a PRIVATELY owned corporation??
Isn't that up to shareholder and stockholders? (Yes, I realize the gov't has become a recent shareholder, but this company has been around a century, then our gov't comes in after an extremely short period and does this?)
I'm scared this is just the beginning.
Yeah, so much for "free enterprise"
Comrade Lipinski
I agree...scary as shit!! Since when should private industry take advice from a government that is 12 trillion in debt? And the libs hate the "good old boy" network...well, how in the hell do you think the new CEO will be appointed. Someone who donated to Obama's campaign will be calling the shots. Scary, scary precedent. Governmnet bailouts should be ILLEGAL.
What's torrid about this entire scenario is the picture they (libs) are painting (not to mention, as much as I hate to say it - smart on their behalf) is that we will help whomever out we can as long as we can start calling the shots...
...makes me glad our Governor (love him or not here in Texas) denied bailout $$ with too many strings attached.
I'll give Perry credit for figuring it may be a matter of time that our gov't starts really calling the shots over here in Texas. I know the law has always stated that our country's laws shall supercede the states, however we have done our best to distance ourself from that more so than other states
Back new American car warranties with what?! A gov't voucher?! Really?!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D978EJI81&show_article=1&catnum=0
Idiot. (or is it us for even listening?)
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