Background Info: NJ legislators are trying to push a bill through that would take $33 out of your paycheck to create a fund for workers to take up to six weeks of paid family leave, should they have a sick relative or should they need time off to care for a newborn.
That means another hot $33 out of my paycheck.
And for what? Despite all the warm fuzzy rhetoric, this is really just another state money grab. Let's cut through all the political hogwash and evaluate this for what it really is.
It's a tax.
A tax that not everyone will use, one that not everyone wants and one that each individual should be able to choose.
The state government thinks that by taking $33 annually from every taxpayer's paycheck, they can create another bureaucratic agency to give you .... an insurance policy. (Are they crazy?!)
Well I want to know what the hell happened to free choice (To quote Stan's dad, "I thought this was America!) I also want to know where the extra money will go. Because they will collect more money than they need for this plan and if I don't use the plan, well then I want my dog damned thiry bucks back (I'm poor, sorry).
I'm a taxpayer, and I don't plan on caring for a family member or getting pregnant (ah!) any time soon, and I resent having someone else take my money to give me an insurance policy that I don't want or need.
Last time I checked, there was a funny-sounding commerical with a duck (AFLAC) offering this very same insurance policy for workers. In fact, it's better than the one our legislators are proposing because you have options and control over your individual policy (should you want one).
Our legislators are taking this authorititive mentality way out of hand.
I am a grown-ass (wo) MAN!
If I want a workers insurance plan, then I'll go get one my damn self.
I don't need the state of New Jersey to worry about me.
Next thing you know, they'll be taking money from my check to give me a life insurance policy. Well, I'm 24 years old, I don't plan on dying any time soon. (Despite the fact that in New Jersey I feel taxed to DEATH.)