California's Ridiculous AB 889 - Domestic Worker Bill

By Douglas V. Gibbs

As always, the liberal left has proven to show how stupid they really are. In the interest of being "fair" and "equitable," they have shoved their head so far up their butts that they have to open their mouths just to see where they are going.

Some people call that "unintended consequences" of liberal policies. I call it, "I told you so."

In California, the land of liberal milk and honey - of which has made this State an incredible failure and people are leaving in droves (except the illegals) - A bill is working its way through the state legislature that is supposed to protect the rights of domestic workers. Included in the provisions of that bill is babysitters.

Assembly Bill 889 is titled the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, and was introduced by hard left San Francisco Democrat Assemblyman Tom Ammiano. The bill states domestic workers, who are non-family members over the age of 18, should be entitled to get minimum wage, overtime pay, rest and meal breaks and workers compensation benefits.

Hmm, that will sure make it hard to hire a babysitter.

My son works opposite hours as his wife because a full time babysitter already costs a over $500 a week, which is more than he pulls in his paycheck. Now, they want to add the costs of vacation, break time, overtime, and workers compensation to that?

The proponents of the bill says that the bill is not about babysitters, even though they are included, but about "extending the same basic labor protections that all other California workers already have to the 200,000 domestic workers who provide care to our disabled and elderly."

I am a truck driver. I get paid by the load. I don't get breaks. I don't get lunch. I don't get overtime (and average about 70 hours per week). To take lunch alone would cost me up to $500 per week in my take home pay because of lost loads. Do I want this kind of "kind" attention. No! It would drive me right into the poor house . . . as will this bill for many industries.

These domestic workers he is trying to protect will find that the industry will dry up because it will be too expensive for employers to hire these people. As with most other liberal policies, this bill is a job killer.

State Sen. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) said of the bill: "Why do we have to complicate something that's so simple? This is the kind of language we end up with when people rush to write a bill. If they want to tighten up the legislation and have it just for professional domestic workers -- great. But right now we're still talking about babysitters being included (in this bill)."

This is the result of entitlement thinking, and as with all entitlements laced with "good intentions," it turns out that this bill should it become law, will destroy jobs, and would serve as yet another thorn in the side of the struggling economy.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

Bill Number AB 889

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