'Republicans [+Manchin &c] fuck regular people over at every single opportunity'

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Does this bill force those striking rail workers to stay at their job? Can they quit and find work elsewhere? Why wouldn't they if their current job doesn't pay them what they think they are worth? Why is the government getting involved?

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    If they didn't think the current pay/benefits are worth the job, then they would quit their jobs find work elsewhere. Striking is a form of extortion by taking away your employer's stream of income. You were wrong saying I assumed it's not easy to change careers. That wasn't part of what I was saying. Life is given to us. Living is not.

    [–]thoughtcriminal 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Dems pushed it through as a separate bill knowing it would fail rather than packaging it with the other one. Empty posturing, they didn't want it to pass either. Keeping it separate to blame Rs is politically expedient and makes an easy trap for ideologs creating headlines like OP. Hell, they didn't even have to bring it to a vote if they didn't want it to happen.

    Even r*dditors are able to recognize this:

    https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/za1zc6/the_senate_passed_it_80_to_15_railroaders_wont/iylhgzs/

    Your premise isn't wrong, our congress absolutely doesn't give a fuck about us or workers rights. Your mistake is falling for the D vs R paradigm instead of recognizing it's a trap to keep us fighting each other instead of them.

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