Polling firm CEO: 20 million Trump voters will lose time and half overtime pay under GOP plan

[UCmeNdc]

According to Politico, House Republicans are already plotting the most efficient way to dismantle Obama-era regulations. An overtime rule requiring companies to pay time-and-a-half to workers who make less than $47,000 a year is expected to be one of the first reversals.

“We have heard over the past year that it would have truly dramatically bad effects, not just on employers but on employees across the country,” Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) told Politico. “I can give you the names of a ton of private-sector businesses who will either have to eat that cost or pass that cost on to their customers.”

Exit polls taken during the Nov. 8 election showed that 41 percent of Trump’s 61 million votes were cast by people who make less than $50,000 a year.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/polling-firm-ceo-20-million-trump-voters-will-lose-time-and-half-overtime-pay-under-gop-plan/


Okay you dumb Democratic Politicians: Do not go on record by voting for any version of this plan. Even if you can help the people out by stemming the severity of this. if you vote yes on any version of this plan the GOP will say the Democratic party supported cutting your overtime too. Democratic Politicians stop falling for the "rope a dope" Republican play book. IF THEY WANT TO DO IT LET THEM DO IT ALL BY THEMSELVES.

[OnDoutside]

1. Only thing to say is

[progressoid]

4. "To be clear, even more Clinton voters and non-voters will suffer from this...

https://twitter.com/tbonier/status/800771436348604417

To be clear, even more Clinton voters and non-voters will suffer from this. This is Trump doing what's best for big business, not America.

[riversedge]

6. :-(

[Adrahil]

2. Well, I'm back from my 2 weeks mourning and.....

all I have to say is that those fuckers who voted for him deserve this.

Those who didn't... I'm so very, very sorry.

[Ligyron]

3. Nothing less than what they deserve.

Go for it.

Hope it doesn't pass though.

[riversedge]

5. I would love to be a fly on the wall as each Trump voter finds this out (They probably will never

admit they were conned!

[flygal]

8. A family member of mine gets her insurance through their union, covered their pre-existed conditions

....I could go on and on about how they benefit more from the democrats. But guns. the NRA has convinced them they hate democrats and as such will on get RR news. So I doubt they will hear this news. And if it does hurt them - it's the Democrats fault. I think most Trump voters are like this.

[bdamomma]

9. of course not

but who will they blame???

[PotatoChip]

7. Lose it? They don't have it yet.

This was the overtime provision for salaried workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It is supposed to go into effect on December 1rst and would help approx. 4.9 million workers. (Not 20 million as cited by the article).

http://wncn.com/2016/11/21/new-overtime-rule-impacting-nearly-5-million-workers-goes-into-effect-dec-1/

I doubt the R's will be able to do anything to stop it from being implemented in less than 2 weeks. However, that of course, in no way means that they won't manage to overturn it later. Let us hope not.