{"id":22405,"date":"2015-02-12T19:35:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T00:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=22405"},"modified":"2015-02-12T19:35:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T00:35:48","slug":"obama-demagogues-staples-over-part-time-worker-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/22405\/obama-demagogues-staples-over-part-time-worker-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Demagogues Staples Over Part-Time Worker Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, the president who has time to share his Final Four picks<\/a> on national television can also squeeze in space on his schedule to erroneously charge Staples with oppressing its own workforce.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Barack Obama was interviewed by BuzzFeed, an online news site. BuzzFeed claimed to have evidence that Staples, the office supply giant, threatens to fire part-time employees who work more than 25 hours a week. The reason \u2013 anything more could qualify the worker for employer-sponsored health insurance under ObamaCare. (30 hours per week is the threshold.)<\/p>\n

Asked to respond, Obama unleashed his inner community organizer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t looked at Staples stock lately or what the compensation of the CEO is, but I suspect that they could well afford to treat their workers favorably and give them some basic financial security,\u201d Obama replied. \u201c\u2026when I hear large corporations that make billions of dollars in profits trying to blame our interest in providing health insurance as an excuse for cutting back workers\u2019 wages, shame on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the contrary, shame on the President of the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the president appears not to have all the facts,\u201d a Staples spokesman told CNN Money<\/a>. The cap on part-time work hours has been in place for a decade, and the company has many opportunities for hourly employees to move into full-time positions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s striking that a man who doesn\u2019t blink at proposing a federal budget more than $472 billion in the red<\/a> next year thinks himself capable of lecturing a private business on how it should spend its profits.<\/p>\n

Maybe he should stick with basketball brackets, and let the professionals manage the books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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