Drop Dead Fred
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In my opinion, this gives credibility to the (conspiracy?) theory that the real purpose of the COVID-19 lockdown was to find out how much people would tolerate a lockdown, so a different lockdown could be implemented later on, under the guise of protecting the environment.
The totalitarians will use any excuse to try to have the government control everything. In the 1960s, their excuse was overpopulation. In the 1970s, it was that we were running out of fossil fuels. Then it was global warming. Then it was climate change. Then it was climate crisis. Then it was COVID-19.
In all of these cases, their proposed solution was to have the government take over major control of people's lives.
For those of us who believe in individual freedom and limited government, this new proposal is quite scary.
California's Bay Area may require telecommuting, even after the pandemic wanes
A proposal would have employees at large companies working remotely three days a week, even after the pandemic, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
September 23, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO — Many office workers are doing their jobs from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the trend has given some authorities in California an idea: Make it mandatory.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a regional government agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, voted Wednesday to move forward with a proposal to require people at large, office-based companies to work from home three days a week as a way to slash greenhouse gas emissions from car commutes.
It’s a radical suggestion that likely would have been a non-starter before Covid-19 shuttered many offices in March, but now that corporate employees have gotten a taste of not commuting, transportation planners think the idea has wider appeal.
“There is an opportunity to do things that could not have been done in the past,” said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, a member of the transportation commission who supports the proposal. She said she felt “very strongly” that a telecommuting mandate ought to be a part of the region’s future.
The totalitarians will use any excuse to try to have the government control everything. In the 1960s, their excuse was overpopulation. In the 1970s, it was that we were running out of fossil fuels. Then it was global warming. Then it was climate change. Then it was climate crisis. Then it was COVID-19.
In all of these cases, their proposed solution was to have the government take over major control of people's lives.
For those of us who believe in individual freedom and limited government, this new proposal is quite scary.
California's Bay Area may require telecommuting, even after pandemic wanes
A proposal would have employees at large companies working remotely three days a week, even after the pandemic, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
www.nbcnews.com
California's Bay Area may require telecommuting, even after the pandemic wanes
A proposal would have employees at large companies working remotely three days a week, even after the pandemic, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
September 23, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO — Many office workers are doing their jobs from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the trend has given some authorities in California an idea: Make it mandatory.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a regional government agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, voted Wednesday to move forward with a proposal to require people at large, office-based companies to work from home three days a week as a way to slash greenhouse gas emissions from car commutes.
It’s a radical suggestion that likely would have been a non-starter before Covid-19 shuttered many offices in March, but now that corporate employees have gotten a taste of not commuting, transportation planners think the idea has wider appeal.
“There is an opportunity to do things that could not have been done in the past,” said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, a member of the transportation commission who supports the proposal. She said she felt “very strongly” that a telecommuting mandate ought to be a part of the region’s future.