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Old 10-01-2003, 08:59 PM   #1
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....George Bush is so great look at this. I'm going to register to vote just to get his sorry ass out of office. This tool has got to be the worst president ever!

Overtime pay cuts being pushed by the Bush administration are slated to go into effect for millions of workers unless Congress acts to block them. These changes would erode the 40-hour workweek and mean that if you receive overtime pay now, you might not in the future.

Analysis from the Economic Policy Institute shows millions could lose overtime pay, possibly including firefighters, police officers, nurses, retail clerks, certain medical technicians, military reservists, tech workers and many, many more. Under the Bush plan, you still may be forced to work overtime hours—but you might not be paid for the extra hours.

Overtime pay makes up about one-fourth of the average weekly earnings of workers who receive it. That is an average pay cut of $161 a week and can add up to thousands of dollars a year. Can you imagine the government cutting the pay of a firefighter by thousands of dollars per year? How much would you lose? These overtime pay cuts are like a giant new tax on working families by a president who, at the same time, works hard to give tax breaks to millionaires.

With a failing economy, millions out of work and staggering health care and prescription drug costs, this is a burden America’s workers should NOT have to bear. The overtime rules protect workers from bosses who would impose unbearably long hours if they didn’t have to pay extra for overtime work. Many workers would have less predictable work schedules because of the increased demand for overtime work.


After reading this I'm sure you want to take action, right? Do so right here. http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/houseotvote
Don't let Bush get away with this crap.

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Old 10-01-2003, 10:13 PM   #2
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WTF?!?!? you have got to be kidding me right? well there goes a whole hell of a lot of money for me! I work 60 hours a week! ON PURPOSE!! I like my paychecks! Mother F'er!!!!! Im REALLY PO'd now!!!!
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Old 10-01-2003, 10:25 PM   #3
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mother f*cking bull****!!!!!

My OT is what keeps me a-friggen-live!!

F*CK BUSH!
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Old 10-01-2003, 10:30 PM   #4
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Yeah no ****! During summers I am making about about 1700 a week of overtime pay. If I do not get those as overtime pay, those same hours would only be about 900!
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Old 10-02-2003, 12:57 AM   #5
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k yea bush is an idiot he cuts taxes for the richest 5% then his other tax cut if you make 100,000 dollars a year you got a 10 grand payment i beilieve for you people like me who make 10 grand or less you got a 1$ extra. and he say he fight for the working class he is a damn republican he is for big companies. So let see make the rich richer and the poor poorer and create economic un equality. he is really trying to improve our econemy
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Old 10-02-2003, 01:00 AM   #6
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You only make 10grand a year? I could never live on that.
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Old 10-02-2003, 01:20 AM   #7
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And people say Bush is doing great for the country... HAHA!! Bush is a cod!
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Old 10-02-2003, 01:31 AM   #8
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im still in high school its only part time and i make for along the lines of 5-6 gran
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Old 10-02-2003, 01:57 AM   #9
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ok. I see. I thought you meant full time.
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Old 10-02-2003, 02:40 AM   #10
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You only make 10grand a year? I could never live on that.
I only made 10k last year, but didn't become full time until the second half of the yr. I started this job in May, and already made over half that. But I still live at home. Say what you want, I own everything I have. If you ask me, its the smartest thing someone my age w/no kids can do at this point in our economy. No rent, no utilities..none of that huge responsibility ****....but I do pay all of my own bills, and ahead of time I may add. I work for everything that I have. I bust my ass 40 hours a week just like the next guy. I'm lucky to see overtime. But forcing someone to work overtime and not pay them for it........HEY BUSH, YOU DON'T REALLY WORK ANYWAY, SO KISS MY ****IN ASS...BIG EARED HILBILLY PIECE OF ****...keep pumping money into ****ing IRAQ, don't worry about all the pple who live here...
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