Good Intentions Gone Wrong

Stossel Season 3 Episode 41

Overview:
Politicians claim they make our lives better by passing laws. But usually the laws go wrong. Examples: Work rules protect employees from greedy companies. Wall Street Journal Reporter Anne Jolis says work rules destroyed jobs in Europe. Workers there get "vacation do-overs"- if they are sick on vacation, they get additional paid time off to make up for it. In Spain, employers must give 24 months of severance pay after they fire someone. No wonder companies don't hire. America doesn't have mandatory vacation time, but we still have 170,000 pages of rules. Dan Mitchell from the CATO Institute says those rules are a reason this economic recovery is slower than all the others. The federal Emergency Alert System (EAS) is necessary to warn people of danger. Despite spending millions on the EAS, it has never been activated nationwide or tested successfully. Jamie Barnett, former FCC Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Chief, called for the 2011 test of the system.

Genre : Documentary, News, Talk

Actors : -

Release Date : 2012-12-06

Duration : 60 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 3)

Champions of Freedom
1. Champions of Freedom
Your Instincts are Wrong
2. Your Instincts are Wrong
The War Over War
3. The War Over War
The Real State of the Union
4. The Real State of the Union
The Pursuit of Happiness
5. The Pursuit of Happiness
Who Can You Trust
6. Who Can You Trust
Budget Insanity
7. Budget Insanity
2012 Students for Liberty
8. 2012 Students for Liberty
Money and Banking Evil
9. Money and Banking Evil
Too Many Laws
10. Too Many Laws
Is it Fair
11. Is it Fair
Illegal Jobs
12. Illegal Jobs
Media Bias
13. Media Bias
No They Can't
14. No They Can't
On campus for No They Can't
15. On campus for No They Can't
Regulation Nation
16. Regulation Nation
On the Road to Serfdom 2
17. On the Road to Serfdom 2
Bad Speech
18. Bad Speech
Rich Man Poor Man
19. Rich Man Poor Man
Fuel Myths
20. Fuel Myths
Decline Whine
21. Decline Whine
Lawsuit Abuse
22. Lawsuit Abuse
Obamacare on Trial
23. Obamacare on Trial
Government Inc.
24. Government Inc.
Stossel Goes to College
25. Stossel Goes to College
Minimum Justice
26. Minimum Justice
Myths and Truths
27. Myths and Truths
Republican National Convention
28. Republican National Convention
Democrat National Convention
29. Democrat National Convention
Party Crashers
30. Party Crashers
Union Power
31. Union Power
After the Welfare State
33. After the Welfare State
Is Greed Good?
35. Is Greed Good?
Political Propaganda
36. Political Propaganda
Disaster and Election Myths
37. Disaster and Election Myths
Did Freedom Win?
38. Did Freedom Win?
Four More Years
39. Four More Years
Food Bunk
40. Food Bunk
Good Intentions Gone Wrong
41. Good Intentions Gone Wrong
Science vs. God?
42. Science vs. God?
Good Giving
43. Good Giving

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