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Two cities have announced that they are no longer American cities, in
the sense that their citizens no longer have the right to decide what to
do with their own money. Las Vegas was the first, and now Orlando, Florida
has become the second. This might sound fantastic, except that this is
only the logical outgrowth of an ever-increasing multi-national corporate
mindset that seeks to change the lives of Americans into something
unthinkable.
First came the new corporate policies, concerning the habits of
employees. These practices by employers sought virtual control over the
lives of their employees 24-7, while only paying for the meager hours that
they actually work for them. People that accept these medieval terms of
employment are 'allowed' to keep their jobs, in exchange for rearranging
their personal habits to meet the personal preferences of those who employ
them. The question in these cases that ought to arise is: How can a
company demand control over the lives of its employees (24-7); while they
are only willing to pay those employees for a small segment of that total
time, on the days when the employees actually work for the companies
involved? There are one-hundred and sixty-eight (168) hours in a week,
most people work at most 80 of those hours - that leaves a lot of hours
that are not being paid for!
The Companies involved should face class-action lawsuits that seek
retro-active payments for all the time not compensated-for, from the date
of the company's illegal orders that were issued to alter their employees
preferences. This comes back to the phrase:
"The people should not fear their government
Rather it is the governments that should fear their people."
From this concept it can easily be deduced that no employer should have
the right of total control over the lives of their employees, beyond the
workplace, unless those companies pay the employees for each of the 24
hours in every day, that the company has demanded the right to control
The company's usually cite 'insurance reasons,' but then slash employee
benefits, even after the employees have complied with their demands. The
insurance benefit to the company is negligent and a red-herring in this
case - as the goal is total and complete control over everything that
their employee "might" do, to finally censor even the thoughts
of the workers. This is nothing but pre-emptive employment discrimination!
If the multi-nationals and the other companies that are now doing this,
want to continue with this, then they should have to pay their employees
for every hour of the day and night, including weekends, at the full
hourly rate - or they should immediately desist from all such practices!
Given this on-going invasion of the rights of American employees - it
then might seem only natural that a couple of second class
"American" cities might choose to declare themselves able to
control what those within their city-limits can do with their own money!
Given this beginning new "idea" - maybe the cities involved
should post signs at their airports and terminals, as well as on every
highway leading into these supposedly American Cities - clearly stating -
You are now entering a RIGHTS-FREE commercial zone
There is NO Constitution of the United States here,
Adhere completely to the laws of this incorporated business zone
Las Vegas, (or Orlando),
Or YOU will be ARRESTED!
This might sound ridiculous, but when a city can control how any
citizen chooses to use their money, when it comes to providing food for
the hungry - then it is indeed this serious! Because if this goes
unchallenged, then what comes next?
Jim Kirwan
Orlando, Florida
www.wesh.com/
Las Vegas,
http://english.aljazeera.net/
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