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What significance does that have?
Posted on: July 26, 2016 at 12:33:25 CT
MrBlueSky
MU
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Demographically homogeneous populations are more capable and/or deserving of paid leave?
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in the UK, if you work 5days per week, you're entitled to
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:06:55
My dad's company (the one he works for, not owns) doesn't
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:27:28
thanks for clarifying which company you were talking about(nm)
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:29:10
You know, Levon, you've turned into a real ahole
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:36:51
He and I are very close friends now(nm)
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Personality Disorder
MU
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7/26 12:47:30
sorry... but in a way it means you are one of my favorite
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:43:25
**** you(nm)
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dangertim
MU
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7/26 13:41:56
I read, ".......I like crap...."-44.f6 Rd1 (nm)
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:51:56
so not only do you struggle to express yourself clearly but
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:53:57
haha right? that was some vicarious high horsery at its
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:30:03
lol, it was supposed to be the opposite.
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:34:06
That is how I read it(nm)
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bactgr
JC
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7/26 12:39:29
oooohhhhhh. my bad. it read like your dad owned a company
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:36:39
That is my preference. Personal responsibility
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TigerNuts
KC
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7/26 12:29:06
It would only work in certain businesses or certain
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:36:02
Maybe. It still allowed for manager's discretion
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TigerNuts
KC
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7/26 12:38:34
Nothing that has a store front or handles a high
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:50:51
There's studies that show more time off = more productive
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MIZDSP
MU
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7/26 12:21:15
Yet the US is the third most productive nation.(nm)
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Zeaux
MWSC
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7/26 12:24:56
Switzerland has been #1 for like 5 years straight and has
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MIZDSP
MU
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7/26 12:28:14
Switzerland is 16th in GDP/Hours Worked.(nm)
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Zeaux
MWSC
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7/26 12:33:13
What is the demographic make up of Switzerland?(nm)
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:29:16
What significance does that have?
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MrBlueSky
MU
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7/26 12:33:25
i think he wants you to say mainly white people (nm)
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:47:49
when did hefe become a racist (nm)
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:51:22
not racist but homogeneous societies tend to function
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:55:39
Just curious. Any idea?(nm)
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:34:46
75% oompa loompa chocolate makers(nm)
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:31:20
i feel like i deserve a hahahah - catbird for that(nm)
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:33:29
Hahaha -- catbirdseat
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TigerNuts
KC
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7/26 12:36:19
thanks (nm)
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44.f6 Rd1
MU
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7/26 12:44:34
And that means what to me or you?
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:26:41
I didn't say it meant anything to me
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Zeaux
MWSC
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7/26 12:32:54
True, but at what point is it diminishing returns? (nm)
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TigerNuts
KC
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7/26 12:24:08
You are worried about how much money your corporate
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:25:52
I wouldn't hire you (nm)
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TigerNuts
KC
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7/26 12:26:44
60% of the time, it works 100% of the time (nm)
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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7/26 12:21:54
That's a little over 5 weeks.
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:17:54
yea, we get that and a bit
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:22:08
your company starts at 5 weeks? craziness (nm)
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:20:04
PTO, yes, not vacation time.
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:22:34
we get 11 hollidays, and i don't really know how much
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:24:40
I'd be interested to know what UK counts toward that
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:25:56
Surely there's some probationary period or something (nm)
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MrBlueSky
MU
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7/26 12:20:28
vacation time is accrued, so you don't get it right away.
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:23:56
why should their be a probationary period?
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:23:25
RE: why should their be a probationary period?
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:25:29
So someone doesn't get hired and quit within a couple of
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:24:43
If everyone got 5 weeks a year, regardless of who you worked
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:28:49
I'd say some paid leave is a good thing for all workers
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MrBlueSky
MU
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7/26 12:15:35
What point would that be?
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:24:34
RE: What point would that be?
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MrBlueSky
MU
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7/26 12:27:30
Most jobs?
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:30:23
One of the Scandinavian countries gives 2 YEARS maternity
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Joeboo
MU
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7/26 12:13:45
maybe they have a bunch of people that move around?
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:21:29
Ikea
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Potomac Tiger
MU
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7/26 12:17:14
In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all (nm)
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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7/26 12:13:31
no possessions?(nm)
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Zeaux
MWSC
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7/26 12:15:11
and in China they never go to church (nm)
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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7/26 12:16:03
no religion too?(nm)
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Zeaux
MWSC
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7/26 12:16:52
That;s hard to imagine(nm)
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:16:03
It's easy if you try.(nm)
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Zeaux
MWSC
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7/26 12:16:58
France is worse (nm)
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TigerNuts
KC
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7/26 12:10:29
i'm all for more paid time off, i think people need to
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:13:01
They appear to have chosen to not run their country like a
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:17:27
The happiness index says no
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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7/26 12:14:50
so basically the entire continent of Africa
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catbirdseat
MU
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7/26 12:20:08
4 10-hour days would be my ideal work week(nm)
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Joeboo
MU
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7/26 12:14:17
same here. (nm)
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:16:33
I'd go three 13.3s (nm)
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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7/26 12:15:20
There are only 7 days/week(nm)
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tigerdb
MU
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7/26 12:21:13
6 am to 7:30pm would be a hell of a long day(nm)
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Joeboo
MU
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7/26 12:16:05
But four day weekends, ever week, would be nice (nm)
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TigerJackSwartz
MU
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7/26 12:16:36
Dems want 12 weeks of paid leave. It is in their platform(nm)
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:09:08
across the board?
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:11:58
Up to 12 weeks of paid FMLA.
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:13:55
i'm referring to vacation
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TigerwTLP
MU
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7/26 12:16:08
Just government/partisans using other people's money
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:18:02
You've just described the last 4-5 years of
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tigerdb
MU
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7/26 12:19:59
No kidding. We should all just stfu and trust those
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:21:37
yes - paid FMLA instead of unpaid FMLA.
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tigerdb
MU
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7/26 12:13:42
of course I knew that. Im sure nobody would ever abuse it
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:14:56
Almost everything done by either party is
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kmawv8
MU
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7/26 12:21:16
Sure you can. I say we call on Congress to adjourn for 2
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hefeweizen
MU
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7/26 12:22:36