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Re:Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid... by KptMarchewa on Friday December 02, 2022 @10:30AM (#33831785)
> Long term, (or at least in 2024, which is about as long term as we get in American politics anymore) this is going to let team Red claim to be the pro-worker team.

but they are those who are voting those proposals down.

>Why can't Biden/congress make the agreement that the unions want and ratify that?

because they need 60 votes in senate and obviously don't have them.

I just don't understand how you can rationally reconcile party A voting against those proposals, blaming party B for not passing it, and claiming that party A is for those proposals. It's some weird doublethink.

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Re:Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid... by p0pcult on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:28AM (#33832662)
Biden doesn't have to sign it in its broken form.
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Re:Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid... by dpkirchner on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:07PM (#33833273)
> I just don't understand how you can rationally reconcile party A voting against those proposals, blaming party B for not passing it, and claiming that party A is for those proposals. It's some weird doublethink.

It's exactly the same right-wing doublethink that spurs budget cuts and justifies the cuts by pointing out how ineffective government is. Anyone promulgating such notions is either a sucker or dishonest.

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