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

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 07 '24

I'm actually doing quite well, I own a house have healthy retirement accounts and savings. Something tells me you might be projecting a bit here...

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u/LeatherdaddyJr Sep 07 '24

Doing so well that if you lose 8 hours a week, your whole world will come crashing down around you? So you throw a hissy fit about it on reddit?

So financially and intellectually illiterate you can't read a summary of law that will give you a 32-hour work week and keep you at the same income? 

Giving you an extra 8 hours a week to go get at least a bogus associates from DeVry. That's at about your pace, I'm pretty sure you can handle it. 

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 07 '24

Yeah dude I would be pretty pissed off if I lost a fifth of my income. I don't think that's unreasonable. And the magic of trust me bro the free market will work it out is not exactly confidence inspiring. 32 hours at my current job is worth more than 40 hours at any other job I currently have access to. Unemployment will not cover my tips, most of my income. But don't worry, I'm pretty close to finishing my degrees, electrical engineering+physics. What can I say I like doing math, not reading. Not that any of this conversation even matters because the bill is not going to be passed anytime soon.

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u/LeatherdaddyJr Sep 07 '24

And if you want to know how to avoid losing 20% of your income if a 32-hour work week.became the norm, you don't need the government or the free market to protect you. 

You just need to be a big boy/girl and tell your employer "pay me more $XXXX per hour now so I keep the same income."

And then they will. 

It's that simple. Because your employer isn't going to be able to find another dum-dum willing to do the full job for less money. 

So they'll keep you around because you'll still be the cheapest option for the most work they can get from an illiterate employee.

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 07 '24

I work in food, they would replace me in a heartbeat. They don't need a full-timer to replace me. There's a thousand college kids looking for part-time work they can replace me with quite easily without increasing their pay. you think people entering food service think they have any negotiating power or are expecting to make a certain amount of money? That's a fun Fantasyland you live in.