Your answer suggests business wants to give pay raises and if the state mandates benefits….they just won't be able to… leads me to the fact that in the last 30 years….there has been no increase in wages (adjusting for inflation).

Of course, that is not meant to belittle good companies, and there are many, who actually treat their employees well.

The biggest problem I have in the business/labor argument is the constant default mechanism used stating that business can't be competitive if the minimum wage is increased….if health care is provided, if sick days are mandated, etc.

If that argument is actually true….then my penny per hour exaggeration is not so exaggerated. It's that "race to the bottom" thing.

requiring sick days like this would only inhibit ohio businesses from being able to offer the pay and vacation packages needed to try and retain talent in ohio. if you end up with more underutilized non-salary/pay expense (like required sick days), it makes it very difficult to offer appealing pay.

look at what one of the most successful businesses in ne ohio, progressive insurance, does. they offer great starting vacation packages and very competitive pay because they keep all vacation and sick days in one combined pool to be used at their employee's discretion. this allows them to offer better pay and better overall benefits. not to mention, it is better for corporate culture because there is no incentive to "fake" being sick because you are out of vacation leave but have 6 unused sick days sitting in your "bank".

in states like california where sick leave is mandated, there is a hurtful incentive to try and use one's sick days because if you don't use them you essentially lose them. it is much better to have 15 days off to use at the employee's discretion than 10 days off and 7 sick days.

When employees receive pay raises…isn't that a "job killer" for business?

When employees receive any non-cash benefits from their employers….isn't that a "job killer" for business?

Wouldn't it be better for, you know, business….if employees worked for, say, a penny per hour?

And if employees worked for a penny an hour….would that help "turn Ohio business around"? Do you think Ohio businesses could do better and stay, you know, competitive, if all their employees worked for a penny an hour?

it would be impossible for strickland to say he was working to improve our economy while supporting such an anti-business development issue.

his attempts at a compromise were grossly half-hearted.

in addition, watch for the pro hillary factions to attempt a coup at the convention based on the latest poll results.

dems enjoy a 20 point advantage over repubs. and their candidate is either tied or down to McCain…any dem who says he is not concerned is lying.

And the polls do not reflect the 10 point evaporation that occurs.

McCain wins and it will not even be close, but dems are going to sweep everything else out there.

Although he is in the pockets of the unions, there is absolutely no way Strickland COULD be for the sick day amendment and have any credibility that he was working to "turn around Ohio's" economic plight.

Other than the idiots at the Beacon editorial board, the Plain Dealer has already opined along with the Dispatch and every other respectable editorial board that this issue is a total jobs killer. The last thing this horrendous state economy needs!

That being said, Strickland absolutely wants it on the ballot to help puil out the Democrat vote.

The last thing Strickland wanted was a compromise, he wants it on the ballot to help Democrats, and he can mildly campaign against it to save face with the RESPECTABLE editorial boards.

This is a clear win for Strickland and the Democrats.

Now the voters must be convinced.