We all knew it was coming. There has been a trend throughout the country, including on the federal level, and Gov. Polis made it a priority to pass a paid leave bill in his first term.
SB19-188 creates a family and medical leave insurance program and a division in the Department of Labor and Employment to provide wage replacement benefits to people taking a leave from work.
Stealing your money
Each employee and employer will pay a premium that’s based on a percentage of wages. This will not be considered “state revenue” even though it is taken from you as a tax without your consent.
They do this so they can get around the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
In the bill on page 20 line
Can somebody tell us the difference between a fee and a tax without being able to use the same definition for the other?
If it’s this easy to get around TABOR so Democrats can expand their lust for expensive social programs that come at the expense of hardworking Coloradans, then we’re in trouble.
What is a right?
More and more people are looking at perks and spin them to be rights. We see it in
The problem is that all of these “rights” come at the expense of other people. In this case, it’s the employer.
For some reason people believe they have the right to other people’s money and time if they work for them.
There is a relationship and trust with employees and employers. Yes, we all know there are bad people to work for, but you’re not required to stay there.
Your are never required to work for someone and to agree to their terms, but if you agree to their terms you don’t have the right to demand more if they don’t want to give it to you.
If you are a good employee and your employer values you, they will want to keep you and do what they can to hold on to you.
Most employers handle healthcare for their employees. They also provide paid time off. These are great benefits that people have become accustomed to.
We have these benefits because companies figured out that you need to provide these things to attract good employees. These benefits were a product of the free market and employers – NOT the government.
When there’s a good idea, the government believes it’s a right to everyone. Well it kind of is… you have the right to have it – to go find a job that will give those benefits to you, but you definitely don’t have the right to be provided it by your employer.
If you don’t like your benefits or think you deserve more, you can discuss that with your employer. Or, you can leave. Nothing is forcing you to stay. You’re free to pursue other opportunities.
Consequences of one size fits all
One big problem with trying to provide this for everyone is that business is not a “one size fits all” system.
This type of legislation is what might lead to employers cutting hours and wages to be able to accommodate the new fees by the state.
It is no different than the minimum wage. Some companies can afford it, others can’t.
Democrats choose these policies because it makes people feel warm and fuzzy. They act like without the government mandating these benefits, people won’t get them at all.
And they feel it’s ok to take other peoples’ money to pay for it.
Programs like this further stifle peoples’ ambition to work, and settle for the crumbs the state has laid out for them.
Programs like paid leave work to the detriment of everyone, and society as a whole, not just to the few who can afford it.