COMMENTERRY--

Friday, Fox News was reporting voters in San Francisco had recently approved a law requiring employers to provide 9 days of sick pay per year to all workers; full time, part-time, seasonal; it does not matter.

Some workers even can be paid if they take the day off to assist an ill friend. Voters overwhelmingly approved the measure; the first of it’s kind in the nation.

Heavens! I have an even better idea. Why not just vote everyone a guaranteed, annual salary—say $150,000 per year. That way everyone could squeak by without the tiresome bother of even going to work.

Show up once in awhile just to let the boss know you care and still have the cost of your necessities met by society’s and the boss’ generosity.

Soon, some longhaired, Berkeley professor will coin a charming slogan to describe your new utopia; something like, say, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”.