I recieved this letter from a friend of mine who I used to work with. So why is President Bush pushing a proposal like this one listed below if he is a Christian? I have heard that Bush is a Christian but taking away overtime pay from the poor working class is very anti-family and sounds very un-Christlike to me. Taking money from the working poor and giving it to the rich sounds very evil and ungodly to me! :-( I can't say or judge for sure about Bush being a Christian but I just don't understand where he is coming from. BTW this forum seems like the only place that this message seems to fit because it deals with a current event. You will see what I mean by reading this letter below:
Note that the links are not listed since this is my first post here.
From: Working Families e-Activist Network Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:03 AM
To: Todd Kerfeld
Subject: Don't Let Them Take Away Overtime Pay
March 27, 2003
The Bush Administration today proposed changing federal
overtime rules and eroding the 40-hour workweek--reducing
overtime protections and cutting the pay of hundreds
of thousands of America's workers.
Overtime pay is important to many working people in
America who rely on it to support their families. Please
take one minute right now to register your opposition
to harmful changes in the federal overtime rules by
clicking on the link below to send a fax to President
Bush and a copy to your senators and representative.
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.
Working families struggled for years to win the 40-hour
workweek, the weekend and other job protections like
this. Please register your opposition to this step
backward by clicking on the link below.
The Bush overtime reform proposal,
+ Excludes previously protected workers by reclassifying
them as managers, administrative or professional employees
who are not eligible for overtime pay;
+ Fails to automatically include large numbers of
low-income workers;
+ For the first time, excludes certain middle-income
workers from overtime protections by adding an income
test;
+ Removes from overtime protection large numbers
of workers in the aerospace, defense, health care,
high tech and various other industries;
+ Makes schedules less predictable for some working
moms and dads;
+ Proposes confusing standards for low-income supervisors;
America's workers who are overseas at war deserve a
strong, vibrant economy when they return home. Send
your fax to President Bush now by clicking on the link
below:
Note that the links are not listed since this is my first post here.
From: Working Families e-Activist Network Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:03 AM
To: Todd Kerfeld
Subject: Don't Let Them Take Away Overtime Pay
March 27, 2003
The Bush Administration today proposed changing federal
overtime rules and eroding the 40-hour workweek--reducing
overtime protections and cutting the pay of hundreds
of thousands of America's workers.
Overtime pay is important to many working people in
America who rely on it to support their families. Please
take one minute right now to register your opposition
to harmful changes in the federal overtime rules by
clicking on the link below to send a fax to President
Bush and a copy to your senators and representative.
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.
Working families struggled for years to win the 40-hour
workweek, the weekend and other job protections like
this. Please register your opposition to this step
backward by clicking on the link below.
The Bush overtime reform proposal,
+ Excludes previously protected workers by reclassifying
them as managers, administrative or professional employees
who are not eligible for overtime pay;
+ Fails to automatically include large numbers of
low-income workers;
+ For the first time, excludes certain middle-income
workers from overtime protections by adding an income
test;
+ Removes from overtime protection large numbers
of workers in the aerospace, defense, health care,
high tech and various other industries;
+ Makes schedules less predictable for some working
moms and dads;
+ Proposes confusing standards for low-income supervisors;
America's workers who are overseas at war deserve a
strong, vibrant economy when they return home. Send
your fax to President Bush now by clicking on the link
below:
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