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Recently I write about the Telegram and Gazette's editorial about sick days and the unbelievable statistic of 86% of workers having them. Seems they left out a few keywords. I tracked down the stats from the US Bureau of Labor and found out that 86% is indeed a correct number. FOR HIGH LEVEL WORKERS ONLY! When we look at the stat for those of us making less than 100,000 dollars a year, the stat plummets to 19%. The only group that gets sick days in that 19% are government and some union workers. That's it. No one else gets dick. That's some John Kyl level math going on there. Sick days will help keep sick people from showing up and work and infecting everyone as I have seen in every office I ever worked where sick days were not available. That lost productivity costs more than if they just gave the person a paid day off. Hundreds of millions of dollars saved but employers will feel the pinch where the average workers gets benefit only. These idiots are trying to convince you that your basic rights are less important than their sixth vacation home. Demand the Massachusetts Senate and House pass this important bill. Gov. Patrick is already a supporter and is rapidly becoming one of my favorite politicians. Go Patrick.

Radiation continues to swamp the globe but I have been unable to verify any local samples other one taken from Vermont recently that showed high levels of Iodine and Cessium in milk. If it's there, it's here to. Iodine is less worrisome than the cassium which has a much longer half life of 30 years. The people likely to suffer most are going to be small children with a higher preponderance to small female children as seen from studies taken after Chernobyl. I will post more as info comes in. East Coast needs only worry a little as the amounts are still quite small. West Coast levels are off the charts. Cancer levels are going to soar in these areas. If you have small children, seriously consider moving East as soon as possible. Unless, cancer for you and your family sounds like fun. Your chances before this disaster was 1 in 2. That stat is now going to be 1 in 1.25 people are going to get cancer. This means if you have five people in a room, four of you are coming down with cancer. The above is a real statistic. Check out the NCS if you don't believe me.