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California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The US political system is a Kafkaesque nightmare of despair and loathing. I'm not sure I'd vote either. That's why I'm advocating direct action. Any politician who votes for people to be miserable and die, should not be allowed a moment of peace.

California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I live in Denmark.

Overall unemployment is at about 2.6%

Youth unemployment is about 7-8%, which is lower than, or about on level with, USA from the numbers I can find.

There's also way more to life than work.
We're entitled to 5 weeks paid vacation, 3 of which must be consecutive if requested. Most people have an additional week from union contracts. Parents have a collective 48 weeks paid maternity leave.

Don't have to worry about homelessness. Don't have to worry about healthcare costs.

You're getting a raw deal, even if you don't realize it.

California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Just to really drive the point home:

About half my salary is covered by the state. The rest is insurance.

That's about $2800 I'm legally entitled to. If we assume 35% tax that gets me ~$1820 every month for 6 months while being sick that I'm guaranteed. Rent is ~700, so I'd have about $1000 for food and necessities.

California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I get that they screwed over every subsequent generation, but they're all 60+ at this point. You can just beat them up. What are they gonna do? Be old at you?

More seriously, enough people are impacted by this that if you organized you could have activists hounding the elected representatives every hour of every day. E.g. drown them in lobby visit requests. Also just show up and knock on doors. Be disruptive. Your state is trying to squeeze every last drop of blood out of you. It's not acceptable.