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I love how the Dems sneaked in a new protected class, the unemployed.
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Subtitle D – Prohibition of Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of an Individual's Status as Unemployed
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PROHIBITED ACTS.
(a) Employers- It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to--
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(A) any provision stating or indicating that an individual's status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for any employment opportunity; or
(B) any provision stating or indicating that an employer will not consider or hire an individual for any employment opportunity based on that individual's status as unemployed; or
(2) fail or refuse to consider for employment, or fail or refuse to hire, an individual as an employee because of the individual's status as unemployed;
(3) direct or request that an employment agency take an individual's status as unemployed into account to disqualify an applicant for consideration, screening, or referral for employment as an employee.
(b) Employment Agencies- It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to—
(1) publish, in print or on the Internet or in any other medium, an advertisement or announcement for any vacancy in a job, as an employee, that includes--
(A) any provision stating or indicating that an individual's status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for any employment opportunity; or
(B) any provision stating or indicating that the employment agency or an employer will not consider or hire an individual for any employment opportunity based on that individual's status as unemployed.
(2) screen, fail or refuse to consider, or fail or refuse to refer an individual for employment as an employee because of the individual's status as unemployed;
(3) limit, segregate, or classify any individual in any manner that would limit or tend to limit the individual’s access to information about jobs, or consideration, screening, or referral for jobs, as employees, solely because of an individual’s status as
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and the establishment of ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT (bigger government)
SEC. 245. ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL AUTHORITY OF AIFA. (a) Establishment of AIFA- The American Infrastructure Financing Authority is established as a wholly owned Government corporation. (b) General Authority of AIFA- AIFA shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate infrastructure projects that are both economically viable and of regional or national significance, and shall have such other authority, as provided in this Act.
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in reading it it sounds like a fannie/freddie on steriods
Section 278 - Required collections for spectrum license fees.
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the Commission shall collect at least the following amounts –
(A)$200,000,000 in fiscal year 2012;
(B) $300,000,000 in fiscal year 2013;
(C) $425,000,000 in fiscal year 2014;
(D) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2015;
(E) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2016;
(F) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2017;
(G) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2018;
(H) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2019;
(I) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2020; and
(J) $550,000,000 in fiscal year 2021.”
The Commission would have the power to assess a user fee on almost any spectrum license holder, including commercial wireless, satellite and broadcast radio. Television broadcasters and public safety licensees are statutorily exempt from the user fee under the Communications Act of 1934.
These fees will be absorbed in costs to the customer - so basically this is a hidden tax through cell phones, satellite services, etc.
"Required collections" - what happens if these broadband companies go out of business? Government should never have required collections in this manner.
Sec. 4 BUY AMERICAN - USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED GOODS
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(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public
work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States.
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(b) SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any taxable year which begins in the payroll tax holiday period, the rate of tax under section 1401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be
(A) 6.2 percent on the portion of net earnings from self-employment subject to 1401(a) during the payroll tax period that does not exceed the amount of the excess of $5 million over total remuneration, if any, subject to section 3111(a) paid during the payroll tax holiday period to employees of the self-employed person,
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SEC. 111. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY 100 PERCENT BONUS DEPRECIATION FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS ASSETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (5) of section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2012’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2013’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2014’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for paragraph (5) of section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended by striking ‘‘PRE-2012 PERIODS’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-2013 PERIODS’’.
Just to begin with. A good start. working through the rest of the Act soon...
SECTION 284. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND CORPORATION.
Described as...
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neither an agency nor establishment of the United States Government or the District of Columbia Government.
... yet its members are...
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The following individuals, or their respective designees, shall serve as Federal members: (A) The Secretary of Commerce. (B) The Secretary of Homeland Security. (C) The Attorney General of the United States. (D) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
And the Sec. of Commerce picks the 11 non-federal members of the board. How can you NOT be an agency of the U.S. Government but have members of the administration as its board members?
This is a non-profit entity, yet members are...
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allowed a per diem allowance for travel expenses, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5
Rich as heck - and we pay their per-diem. I know it's nit-picky, but I pay for it.
Another dubious clause in Section 288...
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PROHIBITION ON NEGOTIATION WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—Except as authorized by the President, the Corporation shall not have the authority to negotiate or enter into any agreements with a foreign government on behalf of the United States.
Someone want to explain why that's in the terms of a Public Safety Network? Why would the president need this here? How would any agreement with a foreign government aid in public safety?
and the establishment of ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT (bigger government)
SEC. 245. ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL AUTHORITY OF AIFA. (a) Establishment of AIFA- The American Infrastructure Financing Authority is established as a wholly owned Government corporation. (b) General Authority of AIFA- AIFA shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate infrastructure projects that are both economically viable and of regional or national significance, and shall have such other authority, as provided in this Act.
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in reading it it sounds like a fannie/freddie on steriods
It is the beginning of a government central bank bankrolled by the taxpayers for spending on whatever can be categorized as "infrastructure". This looks dangerous. Since when did the US government get in the business of founding its own "corporations".
This is exactly what Jim Demint was refering to as "Venture Socialism".
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