http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-...d=32313997

 

I'm typically not one to defend Jeb Bush, but he's taking some unfair flak on this one. If you take his statement in context with the rest of what he's saying, it's clear that he's taking a thinly-veiled shot at Obamacare's 30-hour work week provision--one of the parts of the ACA that I strongly disagree with, as it has certainly (in my experience) resulted in employers cutting the hours of nonessential employees to keep them below the benefits level. Obama's administration should have seen that coming, as it's cheaper to just hire a couple extra part-timers to fill in the hours than it is to pay benefits to someone who works four days a week. If you apply Jeb's comments to the typical American salaried worker, who works 47 hours a week (I clock in closer to 55-60, most of those hours at night), they're patently ridiculous, but I really don't think his intent was to suggest that salaried workers need to work longer hours.

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