Comments on: Paid sick days coalition unveiled; Business lobby gives its usual knee-jerk response http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/#comment-32110 Rob Schofield Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:18:56 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3952#comment-32110 Ah, the old "Hoover knew best" argument. Ah, the old “Hoover knew best” argument.

]]> By: IBXer http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/#comment-32108 IBXer Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:56:03 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3952#comment-32108 It will create a hand full of construction jobs at the expense of countless other jobs in many different fields. We will be paying for the debt this administration is piling up for decades. That burden will be carried on the shoulders of those who can't find work because businesses are being over taxed. It will create a hand full of construction jobs at the expense of countless other jobs in many different fields. We will be paying for the debt this administration is piling up for decades. That burden will be carried on the shoulders of those who can’t find work because businesses are being over taxed.

]]> By: Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/#comment-32060 Rob Schofield Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:02:51 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3952#comment-32060 We'll report that to the <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/1417402.html",target="_blank" rel="nofollow">highway construction crews hired with the stim money</a> and tell them that they don't really have jobs. We’ll report that to the highway construction crews hired with the stim money and tell them that they don’t really have jobs.

]]> By: IBXer http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/#comment-32057 IBXer Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:35:08 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3952#comment-32057 It is a simple mathmatical fact that the state of North Carolina will pay more out in coming years than it will receive from the "stimulus" package. North Carolina is a net looser in this fiasco. The notion that it will create jobs here would be laughable if it weren't so depressing. It is a simple mathmatical fact that the state of North Carolina will pay more out in coming years than it will receive from the “stimulus” package. North Carolina is a net looser in this fiasco. The notion that it will create jobs here would be laughable if it weren’t so depressing.

]]> By: Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/#comment-32056 Rob Schofield Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:11:30 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3952#comment-32056 I hear ya'. Let's hope it helps sparks the creation of all kinds of new jobs -- public and private. I hear ya’. Let’s hope it helps sparks the creation of all kinds of new jobs — public and private.

]]> By: Show Us The Jobs http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/04/paid-sick-days-coalition-unveiled-business-lobby-gives-its-usual-knee-jerk-response/#comment-32055 Show Us The Jobs Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:08:08 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3952#comment-32055 it would be nice to have a F/T job to have paid sick leave from. Im one of the 750,000 + North Carolinians who is looking but cannot find. Maybe some of this 'stimulus' money from DC will create some NEW good government jobs here in NC a la WPA, CCC, etc. it would be nice to have a F/T job to have paid sick leave from. Im one of the 750,000 + North Carolinians who is looking but cannot find.

Maybe some of this ‘stimulus’ money from DC will create some NEW good government jobs here in NC a la WPA, CCC, etc.

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