Kommende Woche sind in den Vereinigten Staaten Präsidentschaftswahlen. Sicherlich eine spannende Angelegenheit, auch für die Restaurantbranche in Übersee.
Zeit auch mal für uns, Ihnen einen Überblick zu bieten, was die genauen Positionen der Republikaner und der Demokranten bei den Wahlen eigentlich sind und worauf deren Fokus in unserer Branche eigentlich liegt.
Die Übersicht haben wir von "Restaurant Business Online (August 2016)"
| Issue | Democratic position | Republican position |
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| Compensation |
- Mandate a $15-per-hour minimum nationwide
- Eliminate the tip credit nationwide
- Promote profit sharing
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- Leave minimum-wage issues to states and local jurisdictions
- Encourage employee stock ownership programs
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| Benefits |
- 7 days of paid sick leave
- Encourage employers to provide paid vacations
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| Unionization |
- “Democrats will make it easier for workers, public and private, to exercise their right to organize and join unions”.
- Fight against so-called Right to Work laws
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- Promote Right to Work laws
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| NLRB |
- Allow the Board to certify a union through a simple card vote.
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- “We intend to restore fairness and common sense to that agency.
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| Tax reform |
- Simplify current taxation process
- Ease taxes, simplify the taxation process.
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- Replace current taxation system and start from scratch
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| Small business assistance |
- “We will cut the red tape that holds back small businesses.”
- Reduce “occupational licensing laws”
- Overturn Dodd-Frank as a step toward ending a “regulatory nightmare”
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- Reduce “occupational licensing laws”
- Overturn Dodd-Frank as a step toward ending a “regulatory nightmare”
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| Immigration reform |
- A path to legal residence
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- “We oppose any form of amnesty for those who, by breaking the law, have disadvantaged those who have obeyed it.”
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| Healthcare |
- Ensure ACA is truly universal coverage by promoting accessibility
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