The obscurity of the obvious.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)

In your "Correction Please!" column in the April 2 issue, you talk about the federal government compelling employers to provide various benefits--namely paid sick days--to their employees.

The Constitution is still the supreme law of the land, and Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution says that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligations of contract, making this the highest form of law in the land. One may enter into any peaceable contract he wishes, and the state cannot touch him. There is some debate as to whether or not the feds constitute a "state," but certainly the 50 are.

Therefore, what employers need do to bypass the onerous regulatory burden is to enter into contracts with their workers, spelling out that such agreements are pursuant to Article I, Section 10, and stating with specificity and particularity just what benefits, if any, are included in that contract. If the contractees are in ...