Paid Vacation Act of 2009!

Representative Alan Grayson of Flordia (district 8) today is going to introduce legislation on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

What do you think it is?

Cap in Trade? Funding to fix our crumbling infrastructure? Tort reform to reduce the cost of health care? Legislation to deal with the problem of the Guantanamo Bay Camp Delta detainees?

Nope.

He is introducing the "Paid Vacation Act", which will require companies that employ more than a certain number of employees to provide those employees with one or two weeks of mandatory paid vacation.

Grayson's district includes Orlando, Florida. This happens to be the location of Walt Disney World, the "Happiest Place on Earth". Hmmm. Nobody thinks that this has anything to do with the legislation, does it?

Let me get this straight. Companies are going bankrupt in record numbers, the ranks of the unemployed have swollen to OVER three million (9.2% as of May 15), margins between loss and profit are shrinking faster than the American dollar, and Mr. Grayson wants to FORCE employers to PAY for one or two week vacations for their entire workforce.

Do you want to guess which political party this guy is affiliated with?