On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:35:50 -0400, Cousin Ricky wrote:

> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> In other words, this isn't thirty days to decide IF the site can be
>> saved. The decision has already been made. It's just that the USA has
>> employER protection laws, while the UK has employEE protection laws.
>> And those pesky laws mean you can't just destroy people's lives on a
>> whim. You have to consider other options.
> 
> You know how it is in the USA.  We /have/ to protect the "job creators."
>  Fuck the workers.

Indeed.  Pity that so many of the jobs created by the so-called "job 
creators" are offshore or of a pay standard such that there are employed 
people who live below the poverty line, and who have too few hours to 
qualify for employer-provided benefits (Wallmart, I'm looking pointedly 
at you).

Jim

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