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Trump thinks American workers want less paid holidays

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by HeyItsMe, Jun 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM.

  1. vaxcardinal

    vaxcardinal GC Hall of Fame

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    are businesses required to close on federal holidays?
     
  2. uftaipan

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    No.
     
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  3. dynogator

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    Of course, this is about Juneteenth. He can't just come out and explicitly say that, so he has to come at it sideways, with deceit, faux patriotism, and not one iota of subtlety.
     
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  4. uftaipan

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    Only problem I have with “Juneteenth” is the same. I understand the roots, but that’s colloquial. The official name should be Emancipation Day, and if people want to refer to it as Juneteenth informally, then no problem. But I feel like an idiot saying that name out loud as an adult.
     
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  5. vaxcardinal

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    Like Indigenous people day ;)
     
  6. uftaipan

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    Well, that's not really a thing. That's what California (maybe some other states; no idea) chooses to call Columbus Day. But Columbus Day is the official federal holiday.
     
  7. PITBOSS

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    good points. It also doesn’t require an explanation and has more meaningful messaging.
     
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  8. VAg8r1

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    Obviously not. In fact businesses frequently use federal holidays and including solemn holidays like Veterans Day and Memorial Day as vehicles to promote sales.
     
  9. vaxcardinal

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    thats what I thought but RealGatorFan seemed to imply otherwise
     
  10. tilly

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    Lol. You need to get out more. I know more people who were off then on, and in my company the few who did work got double pay for it.
     
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  11. GratefulGator

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    In what career does your wife toil?
     
  12. flgator2

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    I call BS on that; you can't count the local libbies on TH most of them don't ever work
     
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  13. Emmitto

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    It’s not leap years, but it is sometimes the 22nd.

    A good rule of thumb is the 21st for all solstices/equinoxes but it varies by a day or so for each.

    Equinoxes are generally 20th or 22nd/23rd.

    But again, 21st is a good day to remember overall to get you in the neighborhood for any of them.