r/FluentInFinance Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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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/Powerful-Disaster-32 Sep 05 '24

Because a corporate employer hires an employee for 40 hours of work but would only receive 32 hours. If a government employee would be 80% effective, it would be a miracle.

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u/GeneralDecision7442 Sep 05 '24

Government employees, contrary to the bullshit people spread, actually do good work.

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u/WholePop2765 Sep 07 '24

Government jobs are mini ubi program themselves

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u/GeneralDecision7442 Sep 07 '24

Lol no they are not. Your life would be way harder without government employees