GOP Senator: Don't Force Employees To Wash Their Hands After Using Toilet

[meegbear]

Source: TalkingPointsMemo.com

In a week packed with news over concerns for public health, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) described his own history of opposing certain health and hygiene regulations, including those that require employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom.

During a Q&A at the Bipartisan Policy Center on Monday, Tillis related a story from his time in the state legislature in 2010, complaining that the U.S. is "one of the most regulated nations in the history of the planet," video via C-SPAN shows.

“I was having a discussion with someone, and we were at a Starbucks in my district, and we were talking about certain regulations where I felt like ‘maybe you should allow businesses to opt out,'" the senator said.

Tillis said his interlocutor was in disbelief, and asked whether he thought businesses should be allowed to "opt out" of requiring employees to wash their hands after using the restroom.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/thom-tillis-washing-hands-toilet

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If he thinks washing your hands is government intrusion, he better hope his open heart surgeon doesn't think like him.

[AgingAmerican]

1. Libertarians are idiots

nt

[TimeToEvolve]

47. this is what complete intellectual bankruptcy looks like

the fact that this country's people don't find this to be odious and unacceptable proves how ignorant and out of touch with reality the average american is. You can't blame them though, i like to think that people do the best they can based on the information they have, the corporate media empire keeps them stupid and servile through vapid news & tv shows, national sports, movies full of sensationalized bullshit, and shopping mall culture.

[Liberalynn]

99. +1

[Enthusiast]

101. +1

[Scuba]

115. + another

[kelliekat44]

126. He sounds like a boogie-picker to me. nt

[riversedge]

142. 1+

[zeemike]

51. They may not be as big of idiots as you think.

This is bait.
Now I suppose we should all be for CCTV cameras in the bathroom to make sure everyone washes their hands...thus proving the meme that the right says all the time that we are nannies who always want to force people to do things with government regulations.

Don't let them suck you in.

[Trajan]

107. WTF?

Sorry, but right is right, and regulations requiring restaurant and food prep workers to wash their hands after using the restroom are a MINIMUM ...

I do not fear those idiots ... I greatly doubt anyone who speaks out are going to get swallowed by a sophisticated conservative trap ... don't be silly

[zeemike]

110. Regulations I strongly support.

But you don't understand how you are being played...they want to push your buttons...that is the whole point, to push your buttons and to get you to speak out...and hopefully as angry as possible. That is the reason they say outrageous things...to cause outrage.

You need not fear them, just avoid playing their game...and it is a game.

[Ken Burch]

123. Will they be pushing those buttons after using the restroom and NOT washing their hands?

[zeemike]

127. No they are pushing the buttons by making you think that they might.

[Volaris]

134. Agreed...and the trap they set is only a sophisticated one if you're an abject morAn...

the rest of us just roll our eyes and wonder who the hell votes for these intellectual inbreds.

[George II]

121. You give them WAY too much credit to concoct that scheme.

[Cleita]

63. Yep.eom

[Enthusiast]

100. +1

[leftieNanner]

137. DIS - GUS - TING

I work in the food industry (gluten free baker) and hand washing is absolute.

Fucking idiot.

[MADem]

2. ...he better hope his open heart surgeon doesn't think like him. ZING!!!!!!! nt

[brooklynite]

40. But if the surgeon kills a patient, he'll be put out of business by the Free Market...

Probelm solved.

[MADem]

50. That surgeon will blame the poor surgical nurse, or the bum sterlizing the equipment!!

It wasn't MYYYYY poopy paws...it was that nurse's!!!!!!

[CreekDog]

124. Can always count on you to say something like this

Problem not solved.

A person would have to die to "solve" the problem.

[brooklynite]

129. If youy can't interpret sarcasm, perhaps you shouldn't be here...

[George II]

3. What a moron, but he has a point....

....isn't there an amendment in the constitution that give people freedom from washing hands?

What's next, allowing KFC employees to urinate on the chickens? Chefs allowed to cough in the bouillabaisse? Burger King allows their employees to form the burgers in their armpits?

Where do these "people" come from?

[Iliyah]

10. WHOA - LOL

How about a restaurant employee dig in his/her nose before preparing the asshole's food huh. Better yet, how about the employee serve him right after taking a dump without "gloves" since that should not be required as well.

Hypocrite!

[yourout]

37. New menu item....Bugger Burger.

[RoccoR5955]

70. From Booger King? n/t

[csziggy]

91. You said booger!

[Pathwalker]

88. A local Arbys worker served a shit sandwich to a state cop,

stopped laughing when he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. But it was "just a joke..."

[George II]

122. Was he prosecuted because he forgot to put powdered sugar on it?

[AgingAmerican]

154. No

He forgot the pickles

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

143. There are government regulations one can reasonably object to

But "Food service employees must was their hands after using the toilet" isn't one of them.

[Kalidurga]

4. I would opt out from eating at a place that opts out on handwashing

but I doubt any restaraunt would do that, this is a stupid issue. Also if I knew Thom Tillis I would encourage people to not shake hands with him ewwwwwwwww.

[Moonwalk]

23. But how would you know they'd opt out of hand washing?

Let me say, it's one of the joys of living in California that it's what this guy would call over-regulated when it comes to the restaurant business. Yeah, it's nightmarish to open one here, and restaurant owners go through perhaps more than they should over it, with a great deal of stress and money in creating the place and keeping it up to standards. BUT I no longer see filth and roaches in restaurants, even the cheap/old ones. Inspectors drop in all the time and if the kitchen isn't clean, the food properly handled, the hands washed (or protective gloves worn), the sign in the window rates them low or, if really bad, they're closed down. Patrons, in true libertarian fashion, go into those with the high rating from the health department, and so other restaurants tend to work harder to get such a rating. But what really matters is that they will be closed down if they're not up to a certain level.

This guy is an idiot if he thinks he's being pro-business by saying this. What evident in CA is that places that get the most patrons are the ones with the "A" rating from the health inspector.

[hugo_from_TN]

95. They would be required to disclose it

The senator said he'd be fine with it, so long as businesses made this clear in "advertising" and "employment literature."

“I said: ‘I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy as long as they post a sign that says “We don’t require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom,” Tillis said.

“The market will take care of that," he added, to laughter from the audience.

[billh58]

109. As one of the comments states:

"So he won't regulate hand-washing, but will require signage." Ignorant hypocrite...

[Moonwalk]

155. Agreed. What's the difference? If the market says that people won't visit places where no one washes

...then the sign is, essentially, regulating people into making employees wash their hands to get business. So...six of one, right? You regulate the hand washing either way.

[3catwoman3]

5. That is...

...completely disgusting.

I wouldn't shake his hand either, and not just because of his hygiene beliefs (or lack thereof, more like it).

[demigoddess]

6. Ewwww

I would keep far away from him!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

7. Fine with me

As long as you post several HUGE signs stating that your employees are NOT required to wash their hands after they wipe their asses.

And say goodbye to your business, while you're at it.

[Curmudgeoness]

67. That was my thought as well.

Let them "opt out", but have a giant sign on the door.

Then I realized, well shit, that is another regulation that would be a burden on society. We can't win.

[hugo_from_TN]

96. That's exactly what he said. Sounds like you agree.

The senator said he'd be fine with it, so long as businesses made this clear in "advertising" and "employment literature."

“I said: ‘I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy as long as they post a sign that says “We don’t require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom,” Tillis said.

“The market will take care of that," he added, to laughter from the audience.

[riversedge]

8. This tweet ID's the stupid Senator--tweet it ....

@GOP Senator Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): Don't Force Employees To Wash Their Hands After Using Toilet http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/thom-tillis-washing-hands-toilet Lordy lordy! #p2

[yuiyoshida]

42. tweeted, thank you

[riversedge]

103. In solidarity

[yuiyoshida]

138. un!

[jtuck004]

9. Eating at a Starbucks and thought of this? You might want to examine your bagel,

those dark spots might not be sesame seeds. Are those your supporters behind the counter?

[niyad]

12. you nearly owed me a keyboard. did you ever watch series 4 of "blackadder"?

there is a scene in one of the episodes where baldrick is telling blackadder what is actually in the "coffee" and treats he has been eating for some time--trust me, you don't want to know!!

actually, from baldrick's "cooking" for captain blackadder, with resources running low:

Private Baldrick's hobbies include cookery, his specialities include:

Rat au Van (a rat that's been run over by a van),
Filet mignon in Sauce Bearnaise (dog turds covered in glue),
Plum duff (a mole hill decorated in rabbit droppings),
Cream custard (cat's vomit),
Coffee (hot mud), with milk (spit), sugar (dandruff) and rather dubious 'chocolate sprinkles' (try and guess what that one is) .
Apple crumble which contains fish
More rat; sautée, which involves:
taking the freshly shaved rat and marinading it in a puddle (When Blackadder asks how long it should be 'marinated' for, the reply is 'till it's drowned')
stretching it out under a hot lightbulb
getting within dashing distance of a latrine
scoffing it right down!
Rat fricassée, which is the same as above, but a slightly bigger rat.

(this series takes place in the trenches during wwI--one of the best anti-war pieces ever)

[jtuck004]

19. Lol. I see some of it on youtube, I will have to go watch a bit.

Thank you for that.

Rat fricassée, which is the same as above, but a slightly bigger rat.

[L0oniX]

11. To all those working at the DC K Street restaurants. Please don't wash your hands after shitting.

[erronis]

120. +1 - and if you have an infectious disease

Make sure you don't get vaccinated. I'm sure the anti-vac republicans like to eat pretty well also.

Having spent a few years around K Street I've learned that many of the working people have a decidedly negative feeling about the porkers. If I was a grifter/lobbyist, I'd not want to know what that sauce was on top of the steak.

[alcina]

13. "Hand-washing compliance"

My partner recently started working for a medical centre that shall remain nameless, and one of his first goals was to increase hand-washing compliance. At the most recent review, it was up to 93%. Personally, I think that's about 7% too low. But he told me that at the review prior to his initiative, the number was in the mid-30s. He said that this is a serious issue at hospitals all over the US and Canada. Yikes.

[niyad]

17. reminds me of the days when the "medical" profession thought that hand-washing was

a practice of the devil.

[alcina]

20. Seriously?

I suppose I shouldn't be at all surprised.

I recently came across this NPR story about a doctor who championed hand-washing in the 1800s. Interesting history with a sad ending for the doctor.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives

[niyad]

29. I wish I were joking. seriously, the rancor of the "doctors" against dr. semmelweiss and

the midwives and other practitioners was nearly along the lines of a holy war.

have you ever read "nurses, midwives and witches: a history of women healers"? by barbara ehrenreich and deirdre english. stunning. I had the privilege of meeting them shortly after its original publication.

google the title, and you can read a free excerpt from feminist press in pdf.

various books of fiction set in the 1800's make reference to the ongoing debate between modern thinking, and doctors who refused to believe in handwashing and hygiene. many women died in childbirth because these doctors would go straight from dealing with an infected person (or corpse) to delivering babies, without washing.

[alcina]

46. Bonesetters and herbalists

I read a book many years ago about the AMA's war against bonesetters and herbalists, but it was not the book you mention. I've read Nickel and Dimed and several of Barbara Ehrenreich's articles, so I'll definitely put this one on my list.

There's a quiet battle taking place at my partner's place of work. They deal a lot with pain management, and there's a doctor there who is heavily involved in finding herbal treatment alternatives to the prescription drugs. Needless to say, there's a lot of pushback from the other allopaths. On the plus side, many of the doctors are less opposed to incorporating medical marijuana into the treatment plan. Just wait until they find out it's an herb!

[eppur_se_muova]

31. Book rec! The doctors' plague : germs, childbed fever, and the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis

http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780393326253

[Curmudgeoness]

68. Another book rec for a novel...

Testimony of Two Men by Taylor Caldwell. It is about a new doctor at that time when it was just starting to be known about sanitary conditions for doctors.

[catchnrelease]

85. I heard that story

It was very interesting. So many women and children could have been saved if they had listened to that dr re washing hands when attending births.

[cyberswede]

150. There's an app for that!

iScrub 1.5 Lite is a free hand hygiene application for the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch. You may download the app directly from the iTunes app store via your device or by clicking here and installing throught iTunes.

http://compepi.cs.uiowa.edu/iscrub/

[alcina]

151. Whoa!!!!

I believe iScrub is going to have quite a few new customers by the end of today. Thanks!

[Autumn]

14. It pains me to agree with him. He's right. The market will take care of it.

The customers will shut that shit right down by not going there.

“I said: ‘I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy as long as they post a sign that says “We don’t require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom,” Tillis said.

“The market will take care of that," he added, to laughter from the audience.

[kentauros]

24. I hope the other outcome is that his collegues now refuse to shake his hand.

Perhaps some of them could start carrying those hand-wipe packets with them to toss him one before they shake

[denverbill]

32. Wait so he's for a government mandate to post a sign about not washing their hands?

How is that better than a government mandate requiring them to wash their hands?

[Autumn]

39. Confusing isn't it.

Fucking crazy.

[DeSwiss]

15. ....

[niyad]

16. contact info for this cretin (and, thom, will have to decline any invitations to dine with you)

Washington, D.C. Office

G55 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


State Offices

Charlotte
1520 South Boulevard
Suite 205
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


State Offices

Greenville
301 South Evans St.
Suite 102
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[niyad]

18. thom terrific

[Sanity Claws]

21. Remind me not to shake hands with him

If he thinks washing hands after using the toilet is onerous, he probably skips handwashing himself.

[bvf]

22. Why stop there?

Don't force employees to use the actual toilet when taking a dump.

Post signs warning patrons that employees may elect to shit on the prep counters.

Let the market do its work.

Gad, the idiocy!

[central scrutinizer]

25. yet they have no trouble regulating a woman's uterus

nfm

[dem in texas]

26. Gross - Don't eat at a restaurant in North Carolina

Tillis opens his mouth and stupid comes out!

[tridim]

27. Fine, just hang a sign, "Employees are NOT required to wash hands after using the bathroom"

See how long the place stays in business.

It's the libertarian way!!!1

[shenmue]

28. Sure, then everyone can go back to dying from infections

like in the hospitals, before they used soap.

[Paper Roses]

30. I don't want to tell you where my thoughts went with this post!

Double gross.

[Sunlei]

33. USA crappy food safety regulations are why some countries do NOT even want USA products.

elected republicans ruin our entire country with their crazy personal eccentricities.

Thom Tillis keep your filthy hands on only your personal food.

[CTyankee]

34. And frequent handwashing helps prevent transmission of viruses and germs that

cause other health problems. I'm in the habit of washing my hands after I come in from running errands. And before I start preparing any food.

[Agnosticsherbet]

35. I would opt out of going into any restaurant that opted out of the hand washing rule.

[Diclotican]

36. meegbear

meegbear

He deserve to get a serious case of food poison and then came back and tell if washing hands is something that should be important...

This fellow is just stupid - but so is also many who vote him in...

Diclotican

[PeoViejo]

38. ..Probably doesn't use Toilet Paper either.

..notice the extra-long brown fingernail...

[VA_Jill]

41. What a complete dymshits

And what about his doctor.....or his nurse?

[Major Nikon]

43. Looneytarians are a special sort of stupid

[BlueJazz]

44. "Hi Paul, Thom Tillis here...listen, I've having a picnic with all my friends this Sat. in....

...the back yard..come on over!"

"Ah...well...oh Saturday??..Damn, I have to wash my hair that day. We'll meet up soon though"

"Honey, who was that??"
"Mr. E-Coli, asking us to eat with him"
(Wife starts puking)

[SoapBox]

48. Warning! Don't EVER shake this guy's hand!

Man, if he practices what he preaches...ICK!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

49. ...

[gordianot]

52. This statement says it all, there is nothing more to say about him and his tolerence by Republicans.

[Blue Owl]

53. Thank you Senator Filth

n/t

[mountain grammy]

54. Well, to be fair, I think Obama did mention the importance of

hand washing for health at some point in his presidency, so there's that...

Somewhere in the Constitution, I think promoting good health is an impeachable offense.

There can be no other explanation for the Senator's stand.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

55. Question, is the US really one of the most regulated countries?

Is that why coal mine operators haven't payed fines for safety violations?
Plenty of evidence shows that regulations and inspections aren't being followed.

[TRoN33]

56. Thom Tillis proud to display his all-out stupidness!!!

I wonder if this idiot bear the confederate flag on his butt too?

[DemoTex]

57. Eat shit and die, Thom.

I bet they called Thom "Pig Pen Tillis" in grade school.

[Duval]

79. You stole my thought in your

title! Thanks for saying it for me, DemoTex!

[louis-t]

58. This is what happens when ideology rules your life.

Facts and common sense mean nothing. Libertarians are slaves to their ideology.

[harun]

148. +1

[mrmpa]

59. Now I truly understand Republicans and more so the Libertarians.........

in regard to Public Health. Let people opt out of things that protect public health i.e. vaccines and hand washing, so that infections will run rampant throughout the population, therefore dwindling the population to those who are "strong" enough to survive. The undernourished, sickly, homeless (the lower socioeconomic groups) will slowly be abolished from this country.

[catbyte]

60. What a great idea, Senator Dumbass.

[SheilaT]

61. As important as things like vaccines and antibiotics are,

the most important thing in public health really is hand-washing. If we wash our hands regularly, especially after using the toilet, it vastly reduces the incidence of all sorts of diseases.

The business with Dr. Semmelweiss has already been mentioned in this thread, and anyone who doesn't already know about him needs to learn.

[Plucketeer]

62. I wish I could prepare a meal for the senator! nt

[El Shaman]

64. NC:

Man ,probably, don't wipe his arse.

[Teutonic Samuel]

65. Nostalgic for the Black Death, is he?

Moron!

[dem in texas]

83. How do you think Typhoid Mary spread the disease?

She was a cook who didn't wash her hands.

[catchnrelease]

87. A new nickname

Maybe his buds in Congress can start calling him Typhoid Thom!

[wordpix]

66. I would def not shake hands with this dumbass senator

[Vinca]

69. Note to self: do not eat in restaurants in North Carolina.

[Manifest Destiny]

71. Funny story.

Not sure it's newsworthy!

[Beartracks]

72. More "my body, my choice"? Stupid anti-soapers. n/t

[Historic NY]

73. Senator would you like a sandwich with a side of feces.....

these guys want to go back to the dark ages.

[OldRedneck]

74. I agree with the Senator

I agree with Senator Dumbass . . . and let's start by de-regulating the House and Senate cafeterias . . . take out the soap and towels . . . what the hell, replace the toilet paper with corn cobs . . . Tillis being from NC should appreciate that.

Greatgodalmighty -- do Republicans take Stupid Pills daily, or, does one dose last for a week?

[DRoseDARs]

75. All I ask is for the chance to wipe my ass with my bare hand...

...and then shake his.

[mrmpa]

76. Let me tell you a story about employee not washing his hands.......

A good friend (now deceased) related this to me. His younger brother was at a Wendy's and used the bathroom. A Wendy's Manager also used the bathroom & neglected to wash his hands.

My friend's brother then went in line and ordered about $35 worth of food, he saw the manger working removing food from the grill, putting condiments on the burgers, etc. He paid for the food & when it was given to him, he loudly stated "I want my money back because he (pointing to the offender) did not wash his hands after doing his business in the bathroom". He was given his money back & watched as people left the line and few customers who were in the dining room approached the cashier for refunds.

[3catwoman3]

97. Absolutely brilliant.

Good for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Served that manager right.

[maddogesq]

77. For a second I thought this was from The Onion.

Alas, the stupidity abounds. It just boggles the mind...

[jwirr]

78. They Rs are not satisfied with a healthcare plan that says "Die fast" but now they want to help you

get sick.

[bulloney]

80. Sen. Tillis eats a steady diet of feces-soise.

[JBoy]

81. Didn't realize the Fecal Coliform lobby was so strong in NC. n/t

[vlyons]

82. ewwww I won't shake hands with that dude

or eat anything that he has cooked. ewwwww

[Hubert Flottz]

84. Would you like a side order of our famous house,

dingle berry cheesecake with that? And please do try our garlic butt butter with your TexASS toast.

Pardon me, do you have any brown pooupon?

[BlueStater]

86. Congratulations, North Carolina.

This is who you replaced Kay Hagan with. You must be so proud.

[CRK7376]

131. We fought long and hard

to keep Kay Hagan in office and it looked good until election day. Then we were sunk by this idiot. Once again my district and my state hammered by the stupid gene. First Jesse, then Foxx and now this clown…..it hurts so much.

[benld74]

89. IDIOCRACY isn't just a movie anymore!!!!!

[benld74]

90. Gives a whole new meaning to a Mocha Venti at *bucks!

[workinclasszero]

92. These fuc**** are batshit insane!

What next from teabag/randian/republicans?

Kids should be encouraged to play in traffic because...freedumb???

[tanyev]

93. WTH is wrong with these people???

[Ilsa]

94. I guess he's good with Hepatitis?

I suppose he can order himself up a new liver like Cheney got a new heart.

[3catwoman3]

98. Without Googling to find out what it is...

...I'm pretty sure this doofus' name has shown up on DU before for saying stupid shit (pun intended).

[libodem]

102. Long Live Typhoid Mary

The oral/fecal route of disease transmission has been well established despite this current anti-science climate.


Are all repukes dunderheads? Or are they just lobbied to play them in Congress?

[samsingh]

104. beyond belief but then look at the interpretation of the second amendment

and the guns out of control saga

[Panich52]

105. Bet he opposes paid sick days, too

Foid servers, esp need those sick days ,- at least the customers need them.

And he's probably an anti-vaxxer. Ebola, now measles... damn GOP is spreading their disdain for science to branches of medicine other than women's health. Fuckin troglodytes.

[chknltl]

106. I would bet he expects better from his servers.

The good Senator should be asked if it is ok for those who serve him to be equally unsanitary. Nuff said.

[ThoughtCriminal]

108. Still need regulation

Any food serving establishment that chooses to opt out should be required to place a large sign on the front door:

OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WASH HANDS AFTER USING THE TOILET.

also:

OUR MEAT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS SPRAYED ON OUR VEGETABLES.

PARDON OUR COUGHING. WE FIRE EMPLOYEES WHO CALL IN SICK.

OUR HEALTH CODE RATING IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

---

You know that libertarians will provide all the business they need.

[skypilot]

111. So, he'd just replace one regulation with another one.

A company could opt out of mandating that employees wash their hands but the company would have to notify the public in advertising, employment literature and signage. Fucking stupid.

[Samueljakiira1]

112. Samuel J

Now, there is a true faece-cal conservative.

[rocktivity]

113. The senator said he'd be fine with...businesses (being) allowed to "opt out"

of requiring employees to wash their hands after using the restroom...so long as businesses made this clear in "advertising" and "employment literature."

“I said: ‘I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy as long as they post a sign that says “We don’t require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom,”' Tillis said.

“The market will take care of that," he added, to laughter from the audience.

Newsflash, senator -- they weren't laughing WITH you. But you're darned right about the market "taking care" -- taking care of putting Starbucks right out of business!


rocktivity

[47of74]

118. Resturants everywhere: pay attention

If your employees don't wash after taking a shit I don't patronize your business. It's that simple.

[neverforget]

114. Today's Republicans are examples of humans de-evolving.

[indivisibleman]

116. I have always considered notices

that announce that employees wash their hands or must wash their hands after using the restroom as demeaning and insulting.
If your employees don't know enough to wash their hands after using the restroom what else don't they know about cleanliness. This idea that employees should be treated like children permeates much of corporate America and I am sick and tired of it. Treat someone with respect and you will get respect, treat someone like a child and you will get a child.

[douggg]

117. The sign will be one by three inches on the ceiling in faint print

because there will be no regulations about its size and placement.

[47of74]

119. The stupid not only burns but it also doesn't wash its hands after dropping a giant duce.

[brewens]

125. The people that wrote the bible and made up all the other religious doctrines didn't know

to wash their hands after they took a crap. Good enough for them, I guess it's good enough for Tillis?

[demwing]

147. Not true. Most Hindus are fastidiously clean

and bathe after using the toilette and before cooking

[blkmusclmachine]

128. Gross. Just gross.

[copperearth]

130. This is the pseudo-religious, bigoted Rupublicans' latest salvo

This is the pseudo-religious, bigoted Rupublicans' latest salvo in their never-ending desire to kill off the "undesirables" in the population.

[brooklynite]

132. So, let's just be clear...

Regulation requiring you to tell your employees to wash their hands: BAD

Regulation requiring you to notify your customers that you DON'T tell your employees to wash their hands: GOOD

Glad he was able to clear that up.

[Zambero]

133. Ah, yet another "market based solution"

So if you go to a restaurant and wind up getting a hepatitis A infection, you're obviously not a very good capitalist, and that's just God's way of punishing you.

[Kablooie]

135. Ah. Republicans yearn for the good old days before Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"

The government has no business insuring that people stay healthy.
People should be free to get sick and die and businesses have a right to make people get sick and die.
That's just basic American freedom.

[Exhibit A]

136. So, basically . . .

The current crop of Republicans are still functioning at the level of small children who don't see why they should have to take a bath. Great.

[Turbineguy]

139. An epidemic

goes rather nicely with an Obamacare repeal.

Who needs ISIS when you have these guys?

[blackspade]

140. what a dumbass.

[McCamy Taylor]

141. If they "opt out" they should post a sign "Our Employees Do Not Wash Their

Hands After Taking a Shit." That would be the perfect balance of freedom and public safety. But how many restaurants will post that sign?

Libertarianism means "I get to do what I want." It does not mean "I get to trick you into eating my shit."

[mnhtnbb]

144. It is so embarrassing that this nitwit was sent to the US Senate from NC.

But this is typical of these Republican a$$hole$. They do not give a damn about public health.

[tavernier]

145. Oh, come on, people!

Read the entire article.

There are enough reasons to hate the ignorance of republicans, but we are making ourselves look foolish when we don't read the entire story. The man said that restaurants shouldn't have to post a sign saying that employees should wash their hands as long as they post a sign saying that they do not require their employees to wash their hands, which would then discourage any customer (the market) to eat at that establishment.

I've seen at least two restaurant employees leave a toilet stall and walk past the sink (and the mandatory sign) and out the door. I haven't eaten in either since.

[demwing]

146. Would he mind if I shake it on his salad?

i want to opt out of the "don't pee on the Senator's spinach" rule

[HoosierCowboy]

149. See how this works as a free market solution

Posting a sign at the entrance to the restaurant telling patrons that the employees are not required to wash their hands after they go to the restroom. Betcha that will definitely bring in the immune compromised crowd for a bite.
Free Dumb works with a little truth in advertising...
Somehow a Seinfeld episode comes to mind....

[mwooldri]

152. Now hand washing, next ebola epidemic in DC?

Though it can be argued that Congress kills more people each year than ebola has so far.

Protect yourself from government and wash your hands guys!

[mwooldri]

153. Another idea: send a whole lot of hand sanitizer and soap to his office.

Maybe he would get the point? If he had an office here in Greensboro then I'd be tempted.

But then the Republicans and DENR in NC haven't exactly been best buddies - especially with our Duke Energy sponsored Governor.

[LeftishBrit]

156. So Republicans aren't just pro-measles; they're also pro-salmonella and E-coli?

[BigDemVoter]

157. Let's see how that Fuck Tard likes getting food poisoning from fecal contamination. . ..

Just when I think I've seen these idiots at their stupidest, they manage to out-do themselves. . . . Goddamn.

[Third Doctor]

158. I always thought a lot of Gopers

were barbarians and this proves me right. They belong in the 19th or before century.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

159. One more link

Senator says restaurant employees shouldn’t be required to wash their hands