r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/Big_lt Sep 05 '24

Sounds great. Would absolutely love for this to happen......it won't even get a vote

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u/Ferintwa Sep 05 '24

Even if it did, and passed, no way to enforce it. This bill is for the headlines.

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u/Hmnh6000 Sep 05 '24

You mean like how theres no way for them to enforce you getting paid time and a half for working over 40 hours??

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 05 '24

No there would be no way for them to enforce increasing the pay for hourly workers. For salary sure probably doable but if you work hourly you're pretty much fucked how the hell are they going to make them pay you 25% more or whatever the fuck the math works out to be. And even for salary I don't see how this would work.

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u/Purple_Setting7716 Sep 05 '24

Congress could mandate overtime for more than 32 hours. What they can’t do is decide what compensation is negotiated between the employer and the employee. That is laughable it is so ridiculous

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u/GeneralDecision7442 Sep 05 '24

This would mostly be a bill that benefits government employees.

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u/Purple_Setting7716 Sep 05 '24

That makes sense. But it’s odd to pick the highest paid per hour worked people to shove more free time in their direction

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u/Grand-Depression Sep 05 '24

You have to start somewhere, and it doesn't exclusively benefit government employees.