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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So about that whole "socialism" thing [View all]Festivito
(13,452 posts)21. I think there's MORE:
Women's right to vote -- socialism
40-hour work week -- socialism
time-and-a-half for overtime -- socialism
Unemployment insurance -- socialism
5 of 7 day workweek -- socialism
Holidays off -- socialism
Vacation time off -- socialism
Sick days paid -- socialism
Maternity leave -- socialism
...that's enough for now. All of these are things conservatives have opposed.
If not for society's known acceptance of these things, businesses would prefer not to give them and the rest of us would not be able to fight for them.
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His point is that republicans have helped put a lot of these things in place AND
Renew Deal
Jan 2016
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