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Republicans never seem to pass up an opportunity to shit on employees. I can’t think of a single piece of legislation they’ve supported in the past 20 years to
by syzarian 4y ago
Republicans never seem to pass up an opportunity to shit on employees. I can’t think of a single piece of legislation they’ve supported in the past 20 years to advance the lives/working conditions of workers.
- lambdasquirrel 4y agoWe're getting into U.S. politics here, but it's kind of a meme... https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2233325-the-simpsons https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2233325-the-simpsons
- syzarian 4y agoI have not seen that one. It’s funny. Thanks for sharing it!
- gumby 4y agoThat is funny though under Biden the dems did manage to pass some significant bills in 2022. But that's worth noticing only because the meme is so on point.
- wilg 4y agoI'm interested in why the signs say "inside"
- antipurist 4y agoThose conventions are held indoors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRmuyy9f_w&t=30s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRmuyy9f_w&t=30s
- wilg 4y agoYeah, but you don't typically need to explain that on a sign.
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- mc32 4y agoI dunno, looks a lot like good cop-bad cop tag team to me. They both do harm to the American worker by supporting different aspects of corporate interests. In the end they are both unfriendly to the American worker. Bona fide support to the American worker by the Dems ended some time back in the 80's when they saw the windfall Repubs were getting from corporate. I know it hangs on like a cheap suit that the Dems are unequivocally in support of labor as Bernie used to be in the 80s but it isn't so any more.
- syzarian 4y agoYes, both are “bad” but one party is much worse. I don’t vote since in my view neither party supports workers but I’m not under a delusion that both are equally bad. Personally, I think things must get much worse in America before things can get better.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoIs that why only Democrat led states have higher minimum wages, non compete bans, paid parental leave, pay transparency, higher unemployment benefits, and other worker friendly policies? I cannot remember the last time a Republican led state passed worker friendly legislation.
- mc32 4y agoThat's the "good cop" play. In the meantime, things that would have allowed wages and salaries to keep up with inflation, have been ignored in favor of international trade agreements, outsourcing and importation of cheap labor. It's not that the above have no place in an economy, they do, but they need to be measured and they need to ensure the benefit is to the American worker, not American corps or foreign labor. Give me Bernie Sanders of the 1980s, I'll take the deal.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoDid Democrats also just shit on railroad employees? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_labor_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_la... I wonder if the generalized statement is that politicians with investments and beholden to lobbyists never pass up opportunities (but i don't disagree with your sentiment).
- dontlaugh 4y agoYes, both US parties are right wing. The only difference today is that the Democrats might feign alliance with unions on occasion.
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- syzarian 4y agoWell, loosely speaking: Democrats sometimes shit on employees but do support some measures to help workers. Republicans never support measures to help workers.
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- llbeansandrice 4y agoThe Democrats you are referencing have about as much in common with the modern Democratic party as cars and carpenters.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoyeah, i said that in the comment you responded to, second sentence.
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- mythrwy 4y agoEfficiency and productivity raise standards of living. There are no perpetual motion machines or free lunches. Nominally this is what is being aimed for. Only nominally though as others have pointed out. In reality probably mostly politically motivated pandering and punishment like most partisan activity.
- syzarian 4y agoI don’t know if you use “efficiency” and “productivity” in the economic sense but I don’t think this is correct. There are examples where efficiency and productivity have degraded standards of living and there examples where it has enhanced standards of living. The distribution of resources is grossly unfair and that some get to “enjoy life” whilst a great many others toil in unfair conditions is a great injustice.
- mythrwy 4y agoYep life is grossly unfair. Bureaucratic self preserving orgs don't appear to be doing that much to help. Maybe strong AI will do it who knows. In answer to your question "what have Republicans ever done to help the working man?" the answer is "Kept what little wealth they have from being taken in taxation and squandered with little to show for it". But they haven't done that great of a job on this either. But nominally they claim to be trying.
- _zzaw 4y agoThere's another possibility other than sheer malevolence here, which is that the smarter folks in the GOP recognize that telework presents a threat to their gerrymandering strategies. Republicans do best when non-GOP voters are packed into urban areas. Teleworking means that you can keep your fancy city job but move out to the country, where you are going to start purpling areas that the Republicans would prefer remained red. To be clear, I'm sure that for most Republicans, it really is about contempt for ordinary workers. But I do believe that WFH is going to have a measurable impact on the political landscape, and not one in favor of the GOP.