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Veterans feel the sting of Bush's overtime pay cut -- are you next? Dear Karen... President Bush is taking overtime pay away from millions of Americans who rely on it to make ends meet, and veterans will be among the first victims of the new rules. The new regulations will allow employers to define some military training as equivalent to a four-year degree and declare their veteran employees ineligible for overtime pay. That's President Bush's program for those who join the military: drop into a war zone, risk your life for your country, then come home to find you aren't eligible for overtime pay. Bush's overtime outrage is a devastating attack on families, too. The reductions in pay and longer hours that will inevitably come with losing overtime will be a strain on the families already struggling with the rising health care costs, lower job security, and other effects of Bush's failed economic policies. Take Action! There's still time to fight. President Bush is planning to cut overtime benefits for 8 million Americans this March, but you can help stop him. ~~~ Word of the Day for Friday January 30, 2004 opprobrium uh-PRO-bree-uhm, noun: 1. Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt. 2. A cause or object of reproach or disgrace. |