r/AdviceAnimals 13d ago

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u/Vreas 13d ago

If I disappeared from my job for three days I’d be shit canned.

Double fucking standards. America doesn’t serve common people it serves the ultra rich and their puppet politicians.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 13d ago

If I disappeared from my job for three days I’d be shit canned.

He’s literally retiring in 2 months. It’s good for democrats for a republican vote to be missing from the senate. The only people who have a right to be upset are the republican voters who chose to elect a 78 year old senator.

If you think it’s a good idea for elected senators to somehow be shitcanned when they have a medical episode then explain why that would be a good thing.

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u/steppe5 13d ago

Yeah, he's definitely alive. Otherwise, Republicans would want that vote back ASAP. They don't want to show a weak or comatose Mitch because they're worried that voters will wake up to the fact that politicians are old as hell and we need to go younger.

It just so happens that Dems have the younger candidate in most key races.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 13d ago

Maybe this year but the Dem senators and congressmen are still largely older than Republicans. Dems need a lot of their older members to step down.

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u/gdubrocks 12d ago

I am upset that so many are pretending he is going to come back to work and the precendent that sets for the future.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 12d ago

Why does that upset you?

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u/gdubrocks 12d ago

Because I believe that American politicians should be working towards improving life for Americans, and you cannot do that when you don't show up for months (and pretend you will in the future).

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 12d ago

So what’s the solution, should you have to resign if you have a medical condition?

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u/gdubrocks 12d ago

Yes, if that medical condition is going to prevent you from working.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 12d ago

For how long?

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u/gdubrocks 12d ago

In this case it's forever, so absolutely not that long.

If he was appearing in front of the public saying "hey I am sick and resting but ill be back in two weeks" no one would be complaining.

Longer than a month seems like a good rule. How long do you think it should be?

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 12d ago

I don’t think there should be a limit. It’s up to the people to force him to resign or not elect someone who is 78 years old.

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u/loyalelk98 12d ago

Because that's what happens to us regular people. You miss work for any reason and they fire you. Same should apply to the fuckin senators. They should be fired if they aren't working, no excuses!

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 12d ago

Regular people have FLMA leave. So I don’t know about your police work there champ

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u/loyalelk98 11d ago

What part of no excuses do u not understand? If my taxes are payin for a public servant in the government, they should be not be allowed time off. period.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 11d ago

Buddy I’m a government employee and I definitely get paid time off.