New overtime rules: 1.3 million winners, 6 million losers

[Patrick M]

http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=3348

Fact Sheet: President Bush Strengthens And Expands Overtime Pay For Workers

The Department of Labor's Regulations Will Deliver Overtime For An Additional 1.3 Million Workers. They ensure an additional 1.3 million workers will gain up to $375 million in additional earnings every year.

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/rele ... _0823.html

Racine, WI - On the same day that President Bush’s new overtime regulations began to deprive over six million Americans of their right to overtime pay, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards met with workers and families in Wisconsin to assure them that a Kerry-Edwards administration will build an economy that rewards hard work, creates good paying jobs and strengthens the middle class.

This is funny.

http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/5790276/

Estimates of how many workers will lose their overtime eligibility range from the 107,000 figure put forward by the Bush administration to 6 million.

[Rspaight]

Well, you know, the President isn't a statistician, numbers-cruncher, bean counter, very analytical, or a precision guy.

http://www.harpers.org/NegativeCapability.html

Ryan

[Patrick M]

Negative capability? I think not. After all...

"The ad simply talks about President Bush's optimism and how democracy has triumphed over terror," said Scott Stanzel, a spokesperson for Bush's campaign.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/o ... 8/19/iraq/

[Grant]

Companies will simply find ways to prevent overtime, and it will hurt everyone.