This thing is just LOADED with key GOP handouts to the corporations. How anyone, aside from a corporate bigwig, who votes GOP can believe their vote is going towards someone who'll represent the interests of the public is beyond me. These guys are so blatantly pro-corporate-at-the-expense-of-the-public that it's sickening. Get this:
This bill will:
Let companies pay overtime to fewer white collar workers
Less pay for the deserving means more money for corporate profits. Business triumphs over the little guy.
Allow media conglomerates to own more television stations
Fewer owners means fewer voices means the public has fewer viewpoints to choose from...but business profits go up. Another triumph over the public.
Postpone for two years a requirement that meat and many other foods sold in stores have labels identifying the country they come from
The GOP talks a good talk about personal responsibility and accountability, but does everything in its power to assure that corporations don't have to tell the public basic information that could save lives.
Welcome to the Second Gilded Age, people.