>>>So that all their [conservatives] rich compaign contributers (employers) will get to keep more of the money...
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>If you say so ;-) but there still needs to be a politically correct excuse. I can understand with medical or industrial areas where time of day is irrelevant because business is 24 x 7 ... but since when is programming 24 x 7?

It's pretty much that way in my shop. If we aint coding - we're dreaming about the code we are going to write tommorrow (I am my only employee:-). The issue is not how it affects my income. It's part of a larger issue - the government dictating who will be allowed to earn a good living and who won't:-)