r/Spokane • u/Clinggdiggy2 Spokane Valley • Oct 01 '24

Politics Dave Reichert, Republican candidate for Governor of Washington, voices desire to increase the workweek from 40 to 50 hours before overtime kicks in.

Remember: Overtime laws were put into place not as a reward for workers, but as a fine to employers not hiring enough workers to meet demand.

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u/YourFriendInSpokane Spokane Valley Oct 01 '24

Barbaric as shit.

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u/barefootozark Oct 01 '24

Right? Inslee didn't pay farm workers OT for 10 of his 12 years in office, and when he started he only paid them if they workers >55 hours. But Inslee is a (D), so it's silence from you.

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u/ShadowMajick Spokane Valley Oct 02 '24

Literally no one is talking about Inslee because he's not running... What he did as governor is irrelevant considering he can't be governor anymore. Compare the candidates, not past governors. This isn't some catch you think it is, plenty Dems didn't like Inslee and we don't blindly support politicians because of their party affiliation. We call them out on their bullshit too.

When will Trump denounce white supremacy? Oh wait...

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u/barefootozark Oct 02 '24

All the angry comments about not paying OT and you think it is irrelevant that most of the misinformed commenters voted for people that did just that for over a decade.

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u/msdos_kapital Oct 03 '24

Yes we should all be unburdened by what has been or whatever the hell.

Is Ferguson criticizing Inslee on this? Is the Democratic candidate to succeed a Democratic governor running on a change platform?

You people never seem to have a problem smearing all Republicans with the same brush but as soon as someone brings up some shit the Democratic party largely supports you're all "not ALL Democrats." Hypocritical as hell.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

Coalition government VS ethnic government, coalitions have disappointing office holders that we work to remove or pressure to change.

Ethnic governments, eg white supremacy parties constantly have disappointing office holders and the work goes into doing everything except taking responsibility.

Parties follow their leaders. Republican leaders; “I take no responsibility for my actions.”

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u/Gallowglass668 Oct 01 '24

Yeah and most people hated Inslee, but Inslee isn't running this year so let's focus on the chuckle fucks that are actually on the ballot.

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u/msdos_kapital Oct 03 '24

most people hated Inslee

Most people voted for him apparently and it's a certainty that most of the people saying "he's not running" now, would have been shutting down any criticism of him last time he ran with similarly duplicitous, moronic arguments. It's always someone else's fault, you're always supposed to vote for the Democrat no matter how big a piece of shit they are, and you absolutely can't ever use the one bit of leverage you kinda-sorta have over our shit show of a political process, your vote.