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Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by DangitBobby on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:28AM (#25428218)
Is there anything that leads you to believe that democrats had something to do with negotiating it down?
Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by konjin on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:32AM (#25428235)
Other than not accepting the republican offer that was twice the size of this one before the election?

No, not really.

In the same way I have no proof that a coin which lands heads 50 times in a row is biased.

Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by bsder on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:02AM (#25428718)
So you're good with businesses that were running a betting pool on how many of their employees got Covid having full legal immunity?

Complete Covid liability exemption for businesses is one of the provisions in the bill you're saying the Democrats should have passed.

Just making sure where you stand. That's all.

Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by parsimoniousplb on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @06:26AM (#25429254)
The democratic party is the party of the affluent and sacrosant, so it's no surprise that they opt to make a million poor families suffer so one injustice wouldn't slide.

Their fragile world view remains intact, while none of their constituents pay the price.

Just the make sure where you stand.

Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by bsder on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:14AM (#25429546)
> so one injustice wouldn't slide

Amazon has pending lawsuits about this in multiple countries. Meat packers are staring down lawsuits about this across several states. These lawsuits cover millions of employees.

If you are trying to argue that there was just a single instance of this kind of offense, you're in a world of fantasy.

And it's a tossup as to whether they're going to get more from the lawsuits or from government assistance--both are going to be woefully inadequate.

Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by parsimoniousplb on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:54PM (#25452258)
yes, how dare these business keep the wheels on society during a crisis. They should be punished. What's a thousand kids going hungry, but a small price to pay for all of society's ills perfectly adjudicated.
Re:US Covid relief bill smaller than either parties pre-elec... by cma on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:37AM (#25428257)
Except that the earlier one proposed to remove all business liability for negligent or even malicious coronavirus safety practices and this one doesn't have anything on that yet, right?