Omaha man ‘liked’ a tweet, then lost his job

Re:Omaha man ‘liked’ a tweet, then lost his job by narag on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:21AM (#16665866)

The effect of workforce excesive protection is not the same on individual companies as on a country as a whole.

Individual companies won't hire if some law hits them specifically, the same as if they're cash strapped, lost a big customer or some raw materials they need raise their price.

For a country it's loss of competitiveness and more long term. The questions are more like: can we as a country afford this law? is individual suffering worth the wealth create?

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Re:Omaha man ‘liked’ a tweet, then lost his job by darawk on Saturday March 24, 2018 @04:23PM (#16668700)

"Wealth created" though hides some of the reality. That 'wealth created' consists also in jobs for individuals. So, a better question might be: Is the suffering alleviated by allowing easy firing greater than the suffering alleviated by preventing easy firing? And that is an empirical economic question, which is difficult to answer.

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