Elizabeth Warren’s war on job destroyers

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Unhinged right-winger attacks senator for impeding those sainted "job creators." Here's what's really happening

MATT BRUENIG

Zac Bissonnette has what almost reads as a satirical piece at Bloomberg titled “Elizabeth Warren’s War on Job Creators.” It is not totally clear whom “job creators” refers to, as Bissonnette does not address that in the piece. I think he just means “bosses” and seeing as bosses also lay people off, I figured I’d just rename them job destroyers.

The bulk of Bissonnette’s piece is him just coming humorously unhinged at Elizabeth Warren’s effort to prevent employers from discriminating against people based upon their credit history. It is a pretty tame idea in the grand scheme of things and also pretty appealing. It is not fair that someone is denied a job because they have had personal financial difficulties. Eliminating that information from the selection process is therefore a victory for fairness.

His stream of consciousness horror at this proposed regulation is at times hard to follow, but one piece worth exploring is the permissibility of employer discrimination. His argument for credit discrimination basically consists of listing two pretty silly ways employers are allowed to discriminate between job applications:

Whether they are an athlete.

What college they went to.

From this, somehow we are to conclude that therefore credit discrimination is permissible. But why not race discrimination then? Why not gender discrimination? Why not religion? Why not nationality? Why not pregnancy? Why not age? Why not disability? Since we allow discrimination based upon whether someone is an athlete and what college they went to, it apparently follows we should allow all kinds of discrimination. So perhaps a repeal of the Civil Rights Act is in order?

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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/14/elizabeth_warrens_war_on_job_destroyers/