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HAS ASKED THE SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN THE KEY PART OF THE MARRIAGE ACT. THE PENTAGON HAS TEMPORARILY GROUNDED A POWERFUL FLEET OF FIRE JETS OVER...
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THINK PAID SICK LEAVE SHOULD REMAIN A PERK. EVERYTHING I DO IS BASED ON PRODUCTION. IF I AM NOT TO THEIR PRODUCING, THIS COMPANY -- HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY...
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| 00:05:09 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. GOOD MORNING.
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. FIRST-TIME CALLER. I AM THE ESTIMATES HOW PEOPLE THINK THAT PEOPLE -- HOW PEOPLE THINK THAT BUSINESSES CAN ABSORB REPEATED ATTEMPTS...
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| 00:06:08 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT BUSINESSES COULD ABSORBENT AND WHAT BUSINESSES CANTOR? CALLER: THERE ARE
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LARGE MULTINATIONALS THAT HAVE LARGE INCOME STREAMS THAT OBVIOUSLY COULD. BUT THERE ARE MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, SUCH AS FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS AND THE...
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| 00:06:32 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUESS ONE WOULD ARGUE WHY PENALIZE THOSE FOR SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY -- THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE AS FAR AS GETTING SICK IS CONCERNED. CALLER: THAT IS
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| 00:06:42 |
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FINE, BUT IN A PERFECT UTOPIAN WORLD EVERYBODY WOULD GET THIS PERK. BUT WE DO NOT LIVE IN A UTOPIAN WORLD. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. BUSINESSES THAT CAN...
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| 00:07:05 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
JOURNAL" STORES AS PHILADELPHIA IS ONE OF THE PLACES PUSHING FOR THIS IDEA. CALLER: THAT IS
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CALLER, -
NOT SURPRISING HO. HOST: WHY IS THAT? CALLER: I KNOW
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| 00:07:20 |
CALLER, -
THE POLITICAL MIND-SET HERE. IT IS A FEAST OF RULES FOR DEMOCRATS. HOST: THAT IS OF
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| 00:07:26 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. SENATOR HARKIN ADVOCATING THIS LEGISLATION, HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF HEALTH, LABOR, AND PENSION. THIS FROM...
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| 00:09:15 |
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CALLER: HELLO. I KNOW A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES MAY BE CANNOT AFFORD IT. YOU MISS TODAY'S, THE THIRD DAY YOU HAVE THE CHANCE OF LOSING YOUR JOB. HOST:...
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| 00:09:42 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE EMPLOYERS PERSPECTIVES. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE EMPLOYER IN THE RUN? CALLER:
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| 00:09:59 |
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IDA'S WOKE UP AND SAW THIS ON TELEVISION. I THINK THAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO DO IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS WORK. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED...
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| 00:10:36 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU WORK, WHAT IS THE POLICY ON PAID SICK DAYS WHERE YOU WORK? CALLER: IF
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YOU HAVE MORE THAN THREE DAYS YOU BRING A DR.'S EXCUSE OR YOU ARE NOT EXCUSED. HOST: IF YOU
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ARE OFF AND YOU ARE SICK, YOU GET PAID? CALLER: NO.
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| 00:11:00 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: EXPECTED THIS MORNING SAYING -- WORLD IS ON FROM OHIO -- EARL IS ON FROM OHIO. CALLER: IPAD IS WANTED TO
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| 00:11:36 |
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SAY WITH ALL THESE TAXES GOING ON, PEOPLE GET SICK AND THEY WORK HARD THESE LONG HOURS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE IT FEDERAL MANDATE. HOST: TELL
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| 00:11:47 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ME ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. HOW DOES IT PLAY OUT AT WORK? CALLER:
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| 00:11:52 |
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MY SITUATION RIGHT NOW IS I REQUIRE -- I HAVE PROBLEMS IN MY BACK. I TO GET OUT OF CHECKS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. HOST: JUST A REMINDER, IF
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| 00:12:13 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU ARE LISTENING AT HOME TURN DOWN YOUR TVS. IF YOU GET FEEDBACK AND THERE IS THE LIGHT, WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE INTO THIS CONVERSATION. FROM TWITTER...
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| 00:13:54 |
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ADMINISTRATION HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT PRACTICALLY EVER. AND THEY DO NOT SEEM TO WANT TO LEAVE ANY BLOCK UNTURNED TO COST SMALL BUSINESSES EVERYTHING...
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| 00:14:34 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
COMES TO THE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL FOR PAID TIME OFF, WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT IT? CALLER:
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| 00:14:39 |
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IT IS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. IBM IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. A SMALL MANUFACTURING PLANT OF 25 PEOPLE MAKE. IT COSTS JOBS. EVERY TIME...
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| 00:16:19 |
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CALLER: I AM A SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON IN NATIONAL, TENNESSEE. IT AMAZES ME THE SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE CALLING IN AND WINING. I BET WHEN THEY GET SICK AT...
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| 00:17:27 |
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GOOD MORNING. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED ON THESE SMALL ISSUES THE TURN INTO BIG ONES EVENTUALLY. AT THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO, SOME COMPANIES...
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| 00:18:35 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THOUGHTS ON AMENDED FOR PAY THIS IS A CRITIC FOR PAID SICK DAYS SPECIFICALLY? CALLER: ON PAID
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| 00:18:42 |
CALLER, -
SICK DAYS I SAY NO. NO MORE GOVERNMENT MANDATES. IF I SAY I AM STARTING A GRASS CUTTING COMPANY TOMORROW, WE ARE ALL GOING TO SIGN THIS PAPER AND I AM...
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| 00:19:11 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM "POLITICO" THIS MORNING -- THE SEQUESTER THE STORY REFERRED TO IS SET TO TAKE PLACE NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 1. ALL NEXT WEEK WE WILL LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT'S...
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| 00:21:29 |
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SMALL BUSINESS, 21 FAMILIES. I AM PARTICULARLY OFFENDED BY TENNESSEE GENTLEMEN SAYING THAT SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE TO NOT COMING TO WORK WHEN THEY ARE...
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| 00:22:42 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOUR BUSINESS? HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE?
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CALLER: 21 PEOPLE. WE ARE A CONTRACT -- WE ARE INSURANCE FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THERE IS NOT ANY ROOM. AS INSURANCES GO UP, KEEPING OUR PEOPLE IN...
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| 00:23:25 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IS SICK, DO THEY HAVE TO PROVE THEY ARE SICK? CALLER: AND NO, WE HAVE
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GOOD EMPLOYEES. THEY DON'T NOT DO THAT -- THEY DO NOT DO THAT. WE ARE IN THE HEARTLAND. THIS IS A GOOD WORK ETHIC AREA. PEOPLE WANT TO WORK. THEY WANT...
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| 00:24:01 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE. LOUISVILLE, KY ON OUR DEMOCRATS LINE, THEY KEEP FOR WAITING. GOOD MORNING.
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| 00:24:20 |
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A JOB AND WE DO NOT HAVE SICK DAYS AT ALL. IF WE ARE SICK WE HAVE TO PROVE WE ARE SICK. I CANNOT COME BACK UNTIL I HAD A...
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| 00:24:56 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU ARE SICK, YOU DID NOT GET PAID THAT DAY? CALLER: WE GET
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| 00:25:01 |
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SENT HOME, WE LOSE OUR BONUS MONEY THAT THEY OFFER US. WE ARE JUST AT A LOSS. WE HAVE TO PROVE WE ARE SICK. HOST: WHAT SIZE IS THE COMPANY? CALLER: WE
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| 00:25:17 |
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HAVE ABOUT 19 EMPLOYEES. HOST: WHAT KIND OF WORK IS IT? CALLER:
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| 00:25:23 |
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DEBT COLLECTION? . IF YOU ARE SICK THEY STILL WANT TO HEAR CAUSING EVERYONE ELSE TO BE SICK. HOST: THE
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| 00:25:44 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ROCHESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL DID A SURVEY TAKING A LOOK AT SURVEY -- TAKING A LOOK AT SICK DAYS AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN NEW YORK. THEY WRITE -- THAT...
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| 00:26:50 |
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WHOLE ISSUE REQUIRES MUCH MORE STUDY. LET US GET BACK TO THE BASICS. THE WHOLE IDEA OF BUSINESS, -- ANYTHING ADVERSE TO THAT, THERE SHOULD BE THINGS IN...
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| 00:28:04 |
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CALLER: ABSOLUTELY. YOU SAID IT RIGHT THERE. THE MINIMUM WAGE ISSUE IN WHICH THE EMPLOYERS ALWAYS CARRIES THE COST. THE ADMINISTRATION ALWAYS AS WE ...
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| 00:28:47 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SEATTLE TIMES" THIS MORNING HAS A STORY WHEN IT COMES TO PAIDTOXIC MATERIALS AT A WASTE SITE. THE NATION'S MOST CONTAMINATED COLD WAR WEAPONS PRODUCING...
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| 00:29:48 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM WOULDN'T KNOW, WASHINGTON. CALLER: OUR COMPANY IS
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A SMALL BUSINESS. WE ALREADY OFFER PERSONAL TIME OFF. WE OFFER ABOUT 20 DAYS PER YEAR. THE REASON WE DO THAT IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT...
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| 00:30:56 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OF THE COMPANY? WHAT DOES THE EMPLOYEE SIZE? CALLER: 18 EMPLOYEES. HOST: COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT BUSINESS YOU ARE IN? CALLER: WE ARE IN
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| 00:31:07 |
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SOCCER TWEETED WE ARE IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. HOST: USE IT
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| 00:31:12 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
20 PERSONAL DAYS, COULD THAT BE USED FOR ANYTHING? CALLER: IT COULD BE VACATION OR SICK DAY. HOST: GO-AHEAD. CALLER: THE LAST
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| 00:31:27 |
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THING I WOULD SAY IS THIS IS A DIFFICULT THING IN JANUARY TIMES WHEN REVENUES ARE DIFFICULT. A LOT OF CEOS AND PRESIDENTS OF SMALL COMPANIES, WHEN TIMES...
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| 00:31:56 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NEXT IN ILLINOIS ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
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CALLER: HELLO. I WORK FOR A COMPANY HERE IN ILLINOIS. WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 EMPLOYEES. THEY GIVE US FIVE PERSONAL DAYS PER YEAR UNPAID. I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:32:24 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FIVE PERSONAL UNPAID DAYS? GIVE US AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU FEEL LIKE TAKING TIME OFF OR IF YOU ARE SICK YOU CAN USE THOSE DAYS DID YOU DO NOT GET PAID FOR...
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| 00:32:38 |
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CALLER: NO. IF WE DO HAVE A SICK DAY, WE DO HAVE TO BRING IN A DOCTOR'S NOTE. THAT IS PRETTY REASONABLE, I THINK. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. HOST: THE
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| 00:32:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
EMPLOYER BEARS ALL THE COSTS BECAUSE THE EMPLOYER BEARS ALL THE PROFITS. IF YOU ARE A CEO OR AN EMPLOYEE, THE TOPIC IS PAID SICK DAYS. SHOULD IT BE A...
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| 00:33:26 |
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IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. WE ARE AFFECTED BY WEATHER AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF WE DO NOT GET PAID FOR. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET PAID -- IT IS PURE GREED....
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| 00:34:01 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE ARE SOME ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHAT IS THE VALUE OF HAVING AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT USE THE MONEY WHEN THEY -- AND THEY CAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE...
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CALLER: I CAN UNDERSTAND KEEPING A POSITION OPEN AND AVAILABLE. I HAVE NOT WORKED FOR A COMPANY THAT WOULD TERMINATE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY WERE SICK....
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| 00:34:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A LOOK AT CITIZENSHIP ON THE LARGER TOPIC OF IMMIGRATION. THE STORY GOES ON TO SAY -- STEVE IS UP NEXT FROM OHIO ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER: I AM...
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| 00:36:18 |
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FEDERAL MANDATED SICKLY. WITH RESPECT TO SMALL EMPLOYERS -- BASIC THE ONES WHO HAVE CALLED AND, THEY WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS LAW. THEY WOULD BE...
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| 00:37:36 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
30 RESPONSES ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. HERE IS ONE OF THEM -- OF TWITTER, "ABSOLUTELY NOT. WHO'S BETTER POSITIONED TO NEGOTIATE SICK DAYS, A MAN AND HIS...
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| 00:38:06 |
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FEELING ON THE SICK DAYS IS THAT IF PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE A DAY OFF MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO...
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| 00:38:57 |
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FIT ALL. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE FEDERAL. MY DAD STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS YEARS AGO. HE TRAINED AS SO MANY PEOPLE AND HE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GIVE THEM ...
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| 00:39:42 |
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NOT EVEN LOOK. I GET TIRED OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THINKING ALL STATES ARE DIFFERENT. ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. SOMEBODY SAID DOUBLED THE PLAYING FIELD,...
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| 00:40:26 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OF MINUTES WE ARE GOING TO TALK -- DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS MET WITH THE PRESIDENT IS TODAY, TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS INCLUDING THE SEQUESTER. WE ARE...
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| 00:41:59 |
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HAS HAD A 40 YEAR WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS. HOST: THE POINT? CALLER: 40
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| 00:42:11 |
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YOUR WAR ON THE MIDDLE-CLASS BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HOST: HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO PAID SICK DAYS? CALLER: WHEN
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| 00:42:21 |
CALLER, -
YOU KILL THE UNIONS, YOU LOSE YOUR PART -- YOU LOSE YOUR BARGAINING POWER. THEY LOSE THEIR AUTHORITY. THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT BUT THEY DO NOT...
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| 00:42:48 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MANDATE ON PAID SICK DAYS, YOUR THOUGHTS? CALLER:
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I WORK AT A RAILROAD COMPANY THAT BOTH HAD UNIONS. WE DO NOT GET SICK DAYS. IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT DO IT, WE DO NOT GET IT. HOST: SOME EMPLOYERS
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| 00:43:11 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO GIVE BUSINESSES -- SOME EMPLOYERS TO BENEFIT, SOME DON'T. GEORGE FROM THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD
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| 00:43:21 |
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MORNING. VERY INTERESTING TOPIC. I AM AN OLD MAN. I HAVE BEEN AN EMPLOYER AND I HAVE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE. A COUPLE OF THINGS I LIKE TO MENTION. THIS DISCUSSION...
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| 00:44:25 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SICK DAYS ASIDE FROM THE CONSTITUTION? CALLER: AS I MENTIONED I WAS
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AN EMPLOYER FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN ARIZONA. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS IT IS A FAIR EXCHANGE OF CONSIDERATION. IF SOMEONE WERE TO BE PAID FOR...
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| 00:45:40 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
QUESTION -- AS AN EMPLOYEE IF THERE WERE A FEDERAL PROTECTION OFFERING PAID SICK DAYS, IF SUN EMPLOYEES THINK THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE A SICK DAY EVEN...
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| 00:45:52 |
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WE ARE HUMAN. OF COURSE. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WHAT I AM SAYING IS THIS IS NOT GOVERNMENT. HUMAN BEINGS ARE HUMAN BEINGS. THEY ARE GOING TO GET...
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| 00:46:33 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU WERE AN EMPLOYER, HOW DID YOU TREAT SICK DAYS? CALLER: MOST
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| 00:46:39 |
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OF THE EMPLOYEES WE HAD WERE ON A SALARY BASIS. I GUESS THEY DID GET PAID FOR SICK DAYS. IF I FOUND THAT THEY WERE NOT SICK, THEY DID NOT HAVE A JOB....
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| 00:46:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THANK YOU FOR HOLDING ON. THIS IS FROM OHIO. CALLER: THIS IS A
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| 00:47:06 |
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VERY HORRIBLE IDEA. FOR ONE THING, THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO IT. ARTICLE ONE OF THE CONSTITUTION LAYS OUT POWERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS FAR AS...
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| 00:49:00 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: WILL LEAVE IT THERE. MIKE, MADISON INDIANA, DEMOCRATS LINE. CALLER: I WANT
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TO REITERATE ABOUT THE UNIONS. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE UNIONS, PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE SICK DAYS. IT WOULD NOT HAVE WORKERS' COMP. IT WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING...
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| 00:50:07 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ARE YOU IN THAT CALLER: WE HAVE A FLOWER SHOP. HOST: HOW MANY EMPLOYEES? CALLER: 3. HOST: TELL US WHAT
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| 00:50:15 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HAPPENS -- YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE -- DO YOU THINK THIS TOPIC IT OFFERS -- DO YOU THINK THIS TOPIC DIFFERENCE FORESTS MALL COMPANIES AND LARGE...
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IS GOING TO BE DRAWN OUT, LET US SEE A DOCTOR'S NOTE. LARGE BUSINESSES MAY HAVE LARGE TURNOVERS. IT IS A PRETTY TOUGH CALL SINCE ALL EMPLOYERS ARE...
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| 00:50:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
JOINS US FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GO AHEAD. CALLER: I WANTED
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TO COMMENT ON THIS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE FEDERALLY MANDATED. IT WOULD CORRELATE WITH COMPENSATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT LANGUAGE. THIS WOULD COMPEL STATES...
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