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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by pilom on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:01PM (#7402587)
> Establish a work-sharing program that allows workers to collect unemployment assistance when employers choose to reduce hours instead of layoffs

So I'm Walmart (or some other large retail employer). What stops me from simply cutting every full time employee down to part time because I know the government will pay the difference in their salary?

Also curious why you think the minimum wage is a national issue? Why shouldn't each individual state or even city decide what minimum wage makes sense for them?

I do like the anti-discrimination for long-term unemployed and the National Infrastructure Bank (New Deal 2) though.

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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by kelnos on Saturday March 15, 2014 @04:49AM (#7404070)
So I'm Walmart (or some other large retail employer). What stops me from simply cutting every full time employee down to part time because I know the government will pay the difference in their salary?

Presumably you think that you actually need those workers in your stores doing work, otherwise you'd just lay them off.

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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by npizzolato on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:43PM (#7402755)
The federal government sets a national minimum wage. Any state is free to go beyond that. To flip your question around, why do you think that shouldn't be the case? Unless you don't believe in minimum wage at all, this would effectively remove the minimum wage of several states.
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