Republicans Give Employers Right To Genetically Test Workers

>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS MANAGED
TO TAKE THE FIRST STEPS IN APPROVING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO DEMAND GENETIC TESTING FROM THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS PART OF THE WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT SOME OF
THE MAJOR CORPORATIONS OFFER.
THANKS TO THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IN 2008 THERE WERE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS FOR
EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD PREVENT EMPLOYERS FROM ASKING THEM OR
DEMANDING THIS TYPE OF GENETIC INFORMATION.
HOWEVER IF
REPUBLICANS GET THEIR WAY, PRETTY SOON YOUR EMPLOYER COULD
ASK YOU TO TAKE GENETIC TESTS OR
PAY
A FINE.
THIS IS INSANE.
>>I THINK IT IS A DISASTROUS IDEA.
LET ME BREAK DOWN ALL THE
DIFFERENT REASONS WHY.
FIRST
OFF, WHEN THEY KNOW YOUR GENETIC INFO THEY CAN DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST YOU AHEAD OF TIME.
IF YOU ARE PREDISPOSED TO CERTAIN
THINGS, EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET
THEM.
THIS IS A LEVEL OF DISCRIMINATION THAT IS
MOLECULAR.
BEFORE THEY HAD CRUDE RACISM AND BIGOTRY.
THIS MAKES A
MOCKERY OF THAT KIND OF DISCRIMINATION.
THIS IS I AM
GOING TO GET DOWN TO YOUR DNA AND THEN I WILL MAKE YOU PAY
MORE OR YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR JOB.
THIS IS OUT OF A FUTURISTIC
MOVIE.
EVERY FUTURISTIC MOVIE THEY KNOW YOUR DNA CODE, AND
THERE ARE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE THEN PUT IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE WE ALREADY
KNOW WHAT YOUR POTENTIAL IS. IS THIS THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING?
>> THIS IS DISASTROUS.
I THINK THIS GOES BEYOND BEING INVASIVE.
HE GETS INTO YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, YOUR PRIVACY, YOUR MEDICAL
HISTORY AND ISSUES.
THE REASON WHY BIG CORPORATIONS WANT TO DO
THIS IS BECAUSE IF THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE HEALTH
INSURANCE IT'S GOING TO BE
COSTLY IF THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT COULD GET SICK.
ANOTHER
THING THEY COULD DO IS ASK THESE SUPER INVASIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT YOUR HABITS ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU INTEND ON GETTING
PREGNANT.
THAT COULD LEAD TO SOME DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING TO PROMOTE YOU, OR KEEP
YOU ON BOARD.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND.
THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER LAYER TO
THIS INVOLVING THIRD PARTIES THAT COMPANIES WILL ñ THESE
COMPLETED AND UNDER STRANGERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR MEDICAL
INFORMATION WHICH THEY ALSO SELL TO THIRD PARTIES.
ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'LL START GETTING THIS PROMOTIONAL CRAP IN THE MAIL
ABOUT SOME WEIGHT LOSS CLASS OR WHATEVER.
THERE IS ALSO THE LEVEL OF SPAM YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO REMARKET YOU ONCE THEY REALIZE YOUR
GENETICS.
YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PREDISPOSED
TO, BUT THIRD PARTIES OF THIRD PARTIES KNOW AND THEY ARE
ALREADY MARKETING TO YOU BASED
ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO LET GIANT
CORPORATIONS CRUSH US?
IF YOU ARE BORN A CERTAIN WAY ARE GOING
TO PAY MORE.
THEY JUST WANT TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS.
THAT IS MY
PRODUCTIVITY IS SKYHIGH FOR AMERICANS BUT WAGES ARE
STAGNANT.
THESE ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS THINK
THEY ARE SO CLEVER AND THEY KEEP TELLING YOU AMERICANS LOVE
BUSINESSES.
THEY LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY DO NOT LIKE
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS THAT
ARE CRUSHING THEM.
>>I DID RESEARCH INTO THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF THIS TYPE
OF LEGISLATION.
I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF CONSERVATIVES OR
REPUBLICANS WOULD BE ON BOARD.
NO, THEY ABSOLUTELY HATE IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT EVERYONE
REGARDLESS OF WHAT LOCAL PARTY
THEY ARE IN.
THIS NEGATIVELY IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN
WHO WOULD BE EXPOSED TO THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND A CORPORATE
WORLD.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ñ HERE IS WHAT TRUMP AND CONGRESS
IS DOING RIGHT NOW THAT HAS
WORKED, THEY ARE JUST FLOODING THE NEW CYCLE WITH CRAZINESS.
WHILE WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO ONE BIG ISSUE, THEY SECRETLY
PASS THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION.
NO ONE KNEW THIS PASSED UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN I CAME
ACROSS
THE STORY.
>>THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS ITS OWN ISSUES
WITH CORRUPTION.
IN
THIS CASE THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING,
PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY.
THEY PASSED A LAW TO PROTECT YOUR
PRIVACY UNDER OBAMA.
THE REPUBLICANS, THE MINUTE THEY GET
IN, THEY ARE LIKE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS WHAT CAN WE GIVE
YOU?
THERE'S ANOTHER STORY TODAY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE
INSURANCE COMPANIES MORE
ADVANTAGES.
TODAY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS PULLING LESS THAN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A PICTURE OF
CORRUPTION.
THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING THEY DO THAT ISN'T
CORRUPT.
HOW CAN THEY POLL BETTER THAN ANYONE?
DEMOCRATS
ARE SO INCOMPETENT THAT THEY ARE LOSING TO THE MOST CORRUPT PARTY
WE HAVE EVER SEEN.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE WEAK AND FIGHTING BACK.
IF THE TABLES
WERE TURNED THEY WOULD EXPLOIT
IT TO NO END.
>> THEY WOULD BREATHE FIRE OVER THIS AS WE SHOULD.
WHEN IT COMES
TO ACTUAL VOTERS, THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE UNITED.
LIBERTARIANS,
WE ALL AGREE GET OUT OF OUR LIVES.
THE REPUBLICANS WERE
PISTON BLOOMBERG BECAUSE HE WANTED TO CHARGE YOU EXTRA FOR
COKE.
I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT EITHER.
I WANT YOU TO ASK ME
WHAT I AM DRINKING.
AS YOU CAN TELL I AM NOT INTERESTED IN YOU
INVADING MY PERSONAL LIFE ON THAT.
IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS
BAD AND INVASIVE, IF I SAID IT LITERALLY 1 MILLION TIMES WORSE
THAT WOULDN'T DO IT JUSTICE.
THEY WILL KNOW YOUR ENTIRE
GENETIC CODE AND DISCRIMINATE
BASED ON THAT.

Republicans Give Employers Right To Genetically Test Workers

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