Comment on Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters

• RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I welcome them to try it. We’ll all race across life’s finish line, together.

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  • alaphic@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees,” as the saying goes…

    Certainly does beg the question though, as to what happened to all those ‘dont tread on me!’, ‘muh 2nd mendment’ people who seem intensely concerned about their right to bear arms against an unlawful oppressor conveniently right up until one shows up…

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    • VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They are working for ICE now !

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    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s the brilliant part.

      They were led to believe the government could go after them physically, and that’s what they’re looking for, while they steal their healthcare and education and infrastructure, while deporting the cheap labor they were exploiting in their farms and depriving them of income.

      They’re tightly watching their front door, ready to shoot the first person getting close to it, while the rest of their house is being robbed blind…

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    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Indeed. I’m wondering as well. But I come from new York city, where the saying was always: talk is cheap.

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