California governor signs work injury insurance bill

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Tuesday that will increasedisability benefits for workers injured on the job while reining in the rising cost of their workers' compensation insurance premiums.
Lawmakers approved the bill last month on the last day of their regular session after Brown personally appealed to them to support it.
The last time leaders of the most populous U.S. state had revised the workers' compensation system was in 2004 under then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The legislation signed by Brown had the support of labor and business groups. Lawyers who represent injured workers opposed the bill, which will curb lawsuits over injury claims.


http://news.yahoo.com/california-governor-signs-injury-insurance-bill-204017565.html
 
The Quote of the Decade:

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. ~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
 
Of course, even though premiums for such insurance ARE deducted from payroll, this IS welfare. SS/Medicare is the same but different because they cannot afford to piss off the dinosaurs.
 
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