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[HellRaZoR004]

Originally Posted by Major

. . . Massachusetts just enacted a new tax associated with the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act. Beginning in January of 2021 most workers in Massachusetts will be eligible to get up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and up to 20 weeks of paid medical leave. The program will be funded by premiums paid by employees, employers, and the self-employed.

The employer has the option of paying a minimum of 60% up to 100% of the premiums. The cost for a typical employee if we pay 60% is $250-$500 per year depending on how much they make. It doesn't sound like much, but it adds up, especially since Massachusetts has a 5.1% income tax.

As part of our firm's management committee, I voted not to pay a penny more than our minimum obligation of 60%. On other things like insurance premium increases or 401(k) benefits, I typically vote to be generous. However, 95% of our employees (we're in Cambridge) most likely voted for the representatives who enacted this nonsense, and they need to understand that there are consequences for their votes. Someday, Massachusetts will drive out employers, much like New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

Wait a moment, this sounds very familiar. I think NH is trying to do the same and I'm 100% against it. Why should the government mandate that I pay for someone else to take time off while they have a kid.

https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-H...-bill-24276017

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by HellRaZoR004

Wait a moment, this sounds very familiar. I think NH is trying to do the same and I'm 100% against it. Why should the government mandate that I pay for someone else to take time off while they have a kid.

https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-H...-bill-24276017

Elections have consequences and the outside money and out of state community organizers did a bang up job here in NH for our 2018 elections. The results are what you are seeing now. Our legislature has hopped aboard the Socialism train and their goal is tax, tax, tax!!!

[SAMIAM]

Originally Posted by Barbara

Elections have consequences and the outside money and out of state community organizers did a bang up job here in NH for our 2018 elections. The results are what you are seeing now. Our legislature has hopped aboard the Socialism train and their goal is tax, tax, tax!!!

Very true.....the small margin of votes that cost Kelly Ayotte her seat was easily attributed to out of state voters, mostly college students and some bussed in from Mass.

[tis]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Very true.....the small margin of votes that cost Kelly Ayotte her seat was easily attributed to out of state voters, mostly college students and some bussed in from Mass.

I am sure that attributed to the STATE legislators going Dem. too. Why is it that you can count on spending, spending spending, socialism, socialism, socialism, more restrictions too, with the Dems.?

[rsmlp]

Raise wages. It's inevitable but employers have been reluctant because in the past they have't had to. When you get to basically ZERO unemployment it is axiomatic that you gotta pay more to get help. Either that or lose business. Pick your poison. Of course, the result is that prices follow wages up.

This is not really a bad thing. Better to have full employment and higher prices than soft employment and slightly lower prices.

[JEEPONLY]

As far as I know, N.H. already has an FMLA plan in place. I don't know how it is funded, or by whom. It relates to extended health leave from work.

[fatlazyless]

This New Hampshire jobs situation is so totally wonderful, and is so easy to get a job which is such a good thing.

To pay my property tax and all the bills, I only have to work three different jobs plus donate blood plasma to the hospital ...... budda-bing ...... arroooo!!! ....

Yes ...... well ...... yes, you know ..... one of the biggest problems with working here in New Hampshire is ...... they expect you to show up, on time, and then to work??? ...

Yikes, and what do these crazy employers expect ....... so ...... just get to work! ...... hut-hut-hut!!! ..... and, God bless New Hampshire!

[ApS]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Very true.....the small margin of votes that cost Kelly Ayotte her seat was easily attributed to out of state voters, mostly college students and some bussed in from Mass.

What?

You're not going to cheer for Democracy?

[fatlazyless]

...... hmmmm ..... is it bused or is it bussed .... not that it really matters .... oh well ..... is really gett'n down into the weeds on that 2016 senate election ..... sounds like Samiam has been listening to those nitwits on that Sunday morning, 1350-am, 9-noon, local Laconia radio talk show.

https://ballotpedia.org/Kelly_Ayotte

If Chris Sununu runs against Jeanne Shaheen for the 2020 senate seat, then Kelly Ayotte may run for NH governor.

What may have cost her that tiny percentage loss to Maggie Hassan was when in August, 2016 she said she would vote for Trump but would not endorse him and would just let people decide for themselves, or something.

Kelly could be a very happening NH governor. She is tall at about 5'10" and had to be the best looking, and youngest lady senator in the room.

How's her tennis game ... ... and how come the White House tennis court is never ever in the news ..... what it needs is a plywood 12' high x 24' wide, hitting backboard, painted green with a white line to replicate the net ..... to get some practice tennis hitters out on their court. .... and ditto that for pickleball hitters.

[Major]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

...... hmmmm ..... is it bused or is it bussed .... not that it really matters .... oh well ..... is really gett'n down into the weeds on that 2016 senate election ..... sounds like Samiam has been listening to those nitwits on that Sunday morning, 1350-am, 9-noon, local Laconia radio talk show.

She lost by 1017 votes. If we were Democrats, we'd have "1017" bumper stickers!

There is no doubt voter fraud contributed, at least in part, to her losing. My son was in college at the time and was asked several times to vote in Mass even though he voted in NH. There were big pushes on college campuses to vote without any thought that the students may have already voted or should have properly voted in their home states. The other reason why Ayotte lost is because she abandoned Trump. She should have stuck with him.

[fatlazyless]

In the last couple weeks before the November 2016 election, Chris Sununu went big with radio advertisements supporting Trump, and he beat Colin Van Ostern by 354,040 (48.8%) to 337,589 (46.6%).

That line "He never managed anything bigger than a six pack of yogurt!" had to be a big persuader for all us mentally challenged voters ..... ha-ha-ha ..... almost did it for me ....... such a fun political ad! ....

If only Kelly Ayotte could have made up some similar line about Maggie Hassan ..... like "She's so dumb, she can't even knit and ride a bicycle at the same time!" ..... Kelly would still be a U.S. senator ..... too bad ... oh well!

[Major]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

In the last couple weeks before the November 2016 election, Chris Sununu went big with radio advertisements supporting Trump, and he beat Colin Van Ostern by 354,040 (48.8%) to 337,589 (46.6%).

That line "He never managed anything bigger than a six pack of yogurt!" had to be a big persuader for all us mentally challenged voters ..... ha-ha-ha ..... almost did it for me ....... such a fun political ad! ....

If only Kelly Ayotte could have made up some similar line about Maggie Hassan ..... like "She's so dumb, she can't even knit and ride a bicycle at the same time!" ..... Kelly would still be a U.S. senator ..... too bad ... oh well!

Kelly Ayotte had a built-in issue. While Maggie Hassan was governor, and throwing all of the State Police resources into investigating St. Paul's, she conveniently ignored similar issues at Phillips Exeter, where her husband was President! Not enough has been said about this cover-up.