Comments on: The Consequences When Government Tries To Do A Good Thing&#153 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Norway Tries to Smash the Glass Ceiling « Esoteric Dissertations from a One-Track Mind http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50510 Norway Tries to Smash the Glass Ceiling « Esoteric Dissertations from a One-Track Mind Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:54:24 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50510 [...] Norway Tries to Smash the Glass Ceiling Filed under: economy, politics — Tags: feminism, Glass Ceiling, Norway — codesmithy @ 11:54 am The BBC has an article about a policy Norway adopted to mandate 40% of their executive boards be female for publicly traded companies. The deadline came on the first of the year, although the original legislation was put into effect 5 years ago. This caused the hiring of almost 1,000 women in intervening 4 years. The Liberty Papers tries to explain why this is a bad thing. [...] [...] Norway Tries to Smash the Glass Ceiling Filed under: economy, politics — Tags: feminism, Glass Ceiling, Norway — codesmithy @ 11:54 am The BBC has an article about a policy Norway adopted to mandate 40% of their executive boards be female for publicly traded companies. The deadline came on the first of the year, although the original legislation was put into effect 5 years ago. This caused the hiring of almost 1,000 women in intervening 4 years. The Liberty Papers tries to explain why this is a bad thing. [...]

]]> By: Justin Bowen http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50481 Justin Bowen Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:41:03 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50481 I'm surprised that this did not happen here with all of the false statistics that are put out every year. I’m surprised that this did not happen here with all of the false statistics that are put out every year.

]]> By: Adam Selene http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50469 Adam Selene Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:37:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50469 Socialism and government intrusion will make people worse off, not better. Socialism and government intrusion will make people worse off, not better.

]]> By: VRB http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50467 VRB Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:25:56 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50467 Sometimes you get sorted right out of a job. Sometimes you get sorted right out of a job.

]]> By: Adam Selene http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50453 Adam Selene Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:24:29 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50453 What incentive is there? More government intrusion? Right now it sounds like bad government policy is creating a worse situation. A free market without government intrusion (which Norway does not have) will best allow this to happen. What incentive is there? More government intrusion? Right now it sounds like bad government policy is creating a worse situation. A free market without government intrusion (which Norway does not have) will best allow this to happen.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50448 Shawn Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:56:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50448 now that the mandate is in place, maybe there will be some incentive to train women for these positions? Certainly it sounds like a rough transition period but I think it's important to see what happens over the course of a year or two and then reevaluate. Right now it sounds to me like a bunch of boys club members kicking and screaming because they aren't getting their way. now that the mandate is in place, maybe there will be some incentive to train women for these positions? Certainly it sounds like a rough transition period but I think it’s important to see what happens over the course of a year or two and then reevaluate.

Right now it sounds to me like a bunch of boys club members kicking and screaming because they aren’t getting their way.

]]> By: Ugly American http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50444 Ugly American Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:14:15 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/22/the-consequences-when-government-tries-to-do-a-good-thing153/#comment-50444 They don't tell you the women hired are the daughters of people the CEO plays golf with. In the past, people could point out that such people were unqualified but now the government mandates that unqualified people must be hired. People should also pay attention to how they game the system claiming to help run 3, 5, 8 companies or more and drawing pay and benefits from all of them at the same time. Can anybody seriously claim to be contributing at the $120K/yr level when they're spending less than 1 hour a day on each company? Of course not, it's a scam. They don’t tell you the women hired are the daughters of people the CEO plays golf with.

In the past, people could point out that such people were unqualified but now the government mandates that unqualified people must be hired.

People should also pay attention to how they game the system claiming to help run 3, 5, 8 companies or more and drawing pay and benefits from all of them at the same time. Can anybody seriously claim to be contributing at the $120K/yr level when they’re spending less than 1 hour a day on each company? Of course not, it’s a scam.

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