How much freedom do we sacrifice by working in the private sector?

The Wall Street Journal has a story about how it's getting harder for employers to stop their employees from talking about politics on the job.

I'm Scott Out with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green. This episode of Right Angle is brought to by the members at Bill Whittle.com.

And gentlemen, any of us who have ever worked in the private sector know that

there's a lot of time talking about a non-work-related subject that goes on in every workplace

that I've ever been a part of and that I've ever heard of. But apparently with the heated

discussions this year over this, as every election seems to get more and more intense, there was a, there's a comment here in that Wall Street Journal story that says, while that sentiment remains, I'm sorry, companies are now finding that ignoring political discourse altogether may be unrealistic

in an election campaign that is proving to be so unpredictable and all-consuming Stephen Green.

Basically, these poor C-suite executives are wringing their hands and saying, there's nothing we can do about it.

We have to let people talk about politics in the workplace,

but what kind of boundaries or guidance can we set?

Is it okay to engage in political discussion

with your colleagues when others are overhearing you

in the lunchroom?

Is it okay in front of customers?

Is it okay to engage in political repartee, so to speak, with customers

themselves? Steve, I know that you have been for a long time now a private business person,

but do you have any view on, we've talked about before, like when NFL football players wanted to express their

political viewpoints, and we basically came down on the side of saying, look, while you're at

work, you represent the team. And, you know, when you're home on your own time, you can do what

you want. Does this same rule apply here, Steve, where while you're at work, it's not your job to

try to settle the country's political disputes with your colleagues or with your customers?

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