Here’s another anti-business idea from Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut.

He is preparing emergency legislation that would guarantee paid sick days for anyone diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. Guarantee, not by the government but by the business owner who is risking time and capital to run a business.

His exact quote: “families shouldn’t have to choose between staying healthy and making ends meet.”

Okay, so this is another tax on the small business owner. Someone gets sick and the owner loses productivity or hires a replacement for the day. The Senator’s proposed new government interference with small business would mandate that the employer pay the sick employee for the time it.

I wonder if he has ever run a business in his life or done anything to produce a dollar? This is purely a role for private agreement between the employer and employee. Some employers will gladly have the employee stay calm and will be more than happy to pay that employee to stay home. That’s their business. It is not the role of government to tell the small business owner how to run their business.

Gee, can we send the bill to the government? Look, the swine flu isn’t good for anyone. Having to stay home and not being able to be paid for the day obviously isn’t good for the employee but who made the rule that it’s the employer we are going to stick this bill with?