John Thune Touts Rolling Back Overtime Rules As A Way To 'Get Wages Back Up'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Earlier this year, the Obama administration released some new and long overdue overtime rules, which would have put more money into average American's pockets, and that would have doubled the level under which salaried workers must be paid overtime from $23,660 per year to $47,476 per year. This, of course, had Republicans like Paul Ryan's panties in a bunch, and sadly, the rule was blocked by a federal judge in Texas just before it was scheduled to take effect.

On this weekend's Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, South Dakota Sen. John Thune touted the likelihood that the Trump administration will make that decision permanent. Thune positioned taking money away from working Americans as one of the many ways his party is planning on improving the economy and making the lives of working Americans better, along with building the Keystone Pipeline, and taking away health insurance from millions of Americans by repealing the Affordable Care Act.

BARTIROMO: Senator, how does this impact the domestic agenda from your standpoint? What do you think is realistic in terms of new regulations, moving forward, let's call it the first one to two hundred days?

THUNE: Well I think, he has a really unique opportunity, Maria, because the previous administration did so many things by executive action that this president can come in and reverse and undo a lot of the damage that's been done. He can, for example, approve the Keystone Pipeline very quickly, which would be immediately create a lot of jobs in the economy. He can roll back the Department of Labor overtime rules, which would be a devastating shot to the economy if they were implemented. So he could undo that damage, he could undo a lot of Obama administration's attack on affordable energy that have been waged, largely through the EPA.

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/12/john-thune-touts-rolling-back-overtime?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=I'm

[J_William_Ryan]

1. Such is the idiocy

of rightwing economic dogma.

[yeoman6987]

2. Dang obama judge should be impeached

Yes I know it won't happen but when he went through the process he clearly lied to president obama on being a liberal. Ugh.

[Kingofalldems]

7. And nothing about the lying Thune?

[hatrack]

3. Yes, because when you pay people less, you're actually paying them MORE!

Thank you, Senator - now I understand!

[Guilded Lilly]

4. The STUPID is also The SOULLESS . N/t

[TeamPooka]

5. Trump is the GOP's fall guy.

They can do everything they have done in Kansas and other places on a national level.
They can gut the social safety net and give the 1% a tax free ride
and when the people finally get angry the GOP will point to Trump and say "He did it."
and Trump will finally realize the con man got conned.
He's the patsy at the table.

[TheFrenchRazor]

6. SD voters just shot down RW attempt to lower minimum wage, but if the legislature does

this it might stand. at least until we can get it on the ballot. even the hillbillies here know we're being robbed.

[aikoaiko]

8. Not surprising at all.

I will say that the new rule in the short term has put a lot of pressure on those what would seem to benefit. At my institution, hourly workers who would be affected have been told do not work any overtime hours and there is the implication that if they can't get their work done within 40 hours per week then they will be dinged on evals.

I think in time it will be implemented better as institutions get used to it, but the short-term impact has had seen unintended consequences.

[Initech]

9. They have no fucking clue what they're talking about, do they?

[Ilsa]

10. And their people will believe that taking away

their overtime pay will pave the way for higher wages because trumputin said so.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. To paraphrase Fran Lebowitz

Trump is what an ignorant person thinks is a rich person is.