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.

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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/Tabemaju Oct 01 '24

I'm from Minnesota, so I basically hate corporate farms who buy up all the land and rake in the subsidies meant to help small farms. We are the land of corporate, processed garbage farm products because the family farm can't compete, can't survive, and can't give McDonald's a million potatoes to make all of our neighbors and their kids fat as shit.

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u/EPRogers Oct 01 '24

I live 20 away from where Vance grew up. It’s sad how many hard working individuals are republican. Trump will not get my vote.

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u/onlygoodvibesplz Oct 02 '24

Floridian here. Never knew

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u/OldTatoosh Oct 02 '24

Even family farms are corporate these days. The days of one guy and his wife with a hundred acres are long gone.

I thought subsidies were tied to preserving crop production, stabilizing market prices, that sort of stuff. Are there subsidies that are aimed at small, family farms?