How likely or how practical? How does the Gov find out how much time off was granted? How does it check what information is provided? You should ask these questions about every stimulus proposal. People never do.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > good idea! how likely to be implemented? > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Sandwichman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dean Baker has made this old Sandwichman very, very happy. Point seven >> of Dean's "Yes, We Can Make the Stimulus more Stimulating</a>": >> >> http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/yes,-we-can-make-the-stimulus-more-stimulating/ >> >> 7) Pay for shorter workweeks and more vacations >> >> The United States lags the rest of world in that its workers are not >> guaranteed any vacation time, sick leave, or family and parental >> leave. In Europe, five or six weeks a year of paid vacation is >> standard. Also, all Western European countries guarantee their workers >> some amount of paid sick leave and paid parental leave. >> >> The stimulus gives us a great chance to catch up with the rest of the >> world. The government could make up the pay for two years for any paid >> cutback in hours, up to 10 percent of total hours worked in a year and >> $3,000 per worker. This means that if a firm offered workers who >> previously had no paid vacation five weeks of vacation a year, the >> government would provide a tax credit to pick up the tab, up to $3,000 >> per worker. Similarly, if they extended 10 days of paid sick leave, >> the government would provide a tax credit for the amount actually >> used. If employers of 70 million workers (half of the labor force) >> received an average tax break of $2,500, the cost would be $170 >> billion a year. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sandwichman >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> > > > > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
