Seth Harris: “Current Federal law does not mandate that employers provide paid leave to their workers.”

if the biggest problem that workers have is that they will have too much money to spend, I think that is a problem that we can live with

They are not asking for a handout. They merely ask for an honest day's pay in return for an honest day's work.

The President's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal invests in the things we need to grow our economy, create jobs, and strengthen the middle class while further reducing the deficit in a balanced way.

To make America once again a magnet for jobs, the budget invests in high-tech manufacturing and innovation, clean energy, and infrastructure, while cutting red tape to help businesses grow.