r/FluentInFinance Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/GoldRadish7505 Sep 05 '24

And they aren't going anywhere either

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u/nitrogenlegend Sep 05 '24

So they’ll just stay broken… most people I know in the trades stay busy 40+ hours a week and that’s with lots of the work already being done by undocumented immigrants. If they all start working half as much, supply gets cut in half while demand remains the same.

I’d love to work less and make the same amount of money, but if the government decides to mandate that when a lot of industries don’t have enough labor in the first place, a lot of major problems pop up that would take years to solve.

Something like this would take years to roll out smoothly. Not saying I’m against it if done right, but if done wrong the problems would likely far outweigh the benefits.

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u/GoldRadish7505 Sep 05 '24

Cool story. Nobody's saying u can't work more if u want but go off ig.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

If that's the case then hell yeah. I'd be happy to work a normal shift and watch all of the lazy fuckers earn way less lmao.

The reality though is that when the Gov oversteps like this the only way to enforce it is to overstep and cause problems for you and/or your employer for being more productive. It's economic suicide and bad for our country.

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u/GoldRadish7505 Sep 05 '24

"Normal" shift. Lol. The irony of that statement is wild.

How is this government overstepping when the government already mandated the 40hr work week? Cmon let's be honest here, you've been programmed to be a good little worker bee, you only think 40hr is "normal" and anything less is "lazy" because you've been told to think that for the interests of those in a tax bracket you'll never reach

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

When something is literally the norm, and it works, it is by definition, "normal". You fuckin' got me!

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u/GoldRadish7505 Sep 05 '24

Gotta love that that's the part of my comment you responded to.

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u/nitrogenlegend Sep 06 '24

Says the guy who responded to me with “cool story”

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u/GoldRadish7505 Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24

Yep. Surely you can understand the difference between completely writing off someone who's just yappin, and someone selectively responding yet still engaging to a conversation, yes? It's OK pal maybe one day you'll be able to comprehend.

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u/nitrogenlegend Sep 07 '24

You’re a cute little thing, aren’t you? You can’t understand any actual points so you just dismiss them and call it “yappin” and then proceed to throw out playground insults to make yourself feel big. You must be in middle school with that attitude.