The thing is, this really isn’t a free speech issue. The First Amendment says “Congress shall make no law…” When we talk about “free speech,” that’s a government intrusion. This is a business and economic decision. An employer has every right to use suspension and/or termination to address an employee’s comments that it feels reflects badly on the company.
That being said, I actually happen to agree with Phil’s comments. I could have done without some of the rather graphic and vulgar additions, but what he said is largely true. It is sad that someone espousing their personal beliefs has come to this in our society. It used to be that we’d let anyone say just about anything, argue with them and go on.
Unfortunately, Kennedy’s idea there is antithesis to today’s Democratic Party. It’s all about what your country can do for you…as long as someone else pays for it.
Seriously? Food stamp cost is $85 billion, and cutting $5 billion (about 6 percent) is mowing children over? There is no such thing as a sacred program. There can’t be if we’re ever to get our spending under control.
I’m sorry, but those health care rankings are so full of meat byproducts as to be pure bologna. They’re mostly based on the percentage of the economy the government pumps into the system. They rank Cuba and many third-world countries higher than the US simply because of that. It has little if nothing to do with actual QUALITY of care.
How is it ANYONE’S business how much money someone has or makes?