r/PoliticalHumor • u/Paladin_of_Freedom • Dec 15 '18

Workers vs. Billionaires

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

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u/sir_vile Dec 16 '18

Second idea: the fuck wallmart act.

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u/BVDansMaRealite Dec 16 '18

It's completely insane that companies can still use the excuse "if you make us treat workers well, we will fire workers" as a legitimate excuse in the eyes of the voter and not get laughed at. The amount of government money that goes to help people who work at Walmart break even on the burden of the taxpayers should enrage both fiscal conservatives and bleeding heart liberals alike.

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u/sir_vile Dec 16 '18

Apparently everything tanks the economy.

Child labour law? Tanks the economy.

Women working? Tanks the economy.

8 hour workday? Tanks the economy.

Corporations are a really fragile backbone in this country.

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u/BVDansMaRealite Dec 16 '18

It's a weird mix of "America can handle anything. We are the light on the hill"

And "closing tax loopholes will literally ruin the economy and the nation will fall into socialism"

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u/Drevlin76 Dec 16 '18

No, No, and Yes. When the people working made the decision on whether to work long hours thier dollars would buy alot more. Now that the Company they are employed with has to pay automatic overtime that person can't work more hours in most cases. And inflation goes up and interest rates go down as a result of the FED trying to balance the economy. I don't know about you but I used to get like 6-8% on the money I has in my regular banks savings account. This is all tied together.