I knew it was coming.

First, they made businesses offer unpaid maternity leave to all employees. Now, as if he hasn't done enough to run the U.S. economy into the ground, Obama is working on requiring employers to provide paid maternity leave -- that applies not only to moms, but to dads, too.

So if a business happens to employe a couple who have a child together, they're going to have two employees out at the same time on paid leave. What do you think that will do to small businesses? Somebody will have to pay -- probably the customer through increased prices.

"Obama to talk of paid leave." The Dallas Morning News; June 22, 2014; p. 4A.