The Forum recently ran a story about the Minnesota Paid Family Medical Leave Act (PFML). Starting Jan. 1, an employee of a company can get paid up to 20 weeks a year for not working. Nice deal for the employee, but what about the employer, the person paying the bills, trying to run a profitable business?

And, that's the problem. When elected officials are involved, there's often a disconnect when politics meets reality.

In fact, there's often no connection between the impact a government mandate will have on a business and the reason why the politician voted for it. But, it only makes sense why a politician might exhibit a certain lack of understanding of the potential consequences of their bills. Many of them have never even worked in the private sector, much less run a business, so

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