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Whyisthisreal

(57 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:15 AM Oct 2020

Question about policies

My boss is one of those die hard, embrace every word, every gesture, and every fart in the wind outta trumps mouth kinda guys. Today he almost made me upheave my lunch by telling me that trump is one of the most caring guys around.

We argue all the time about politics, and it always ends at the same point, with me telling him the right has no interest in equality amongst the populous. To which he always responds with, “show me one conservative policy that has harmed small businesses!” There’s that delusion that captain goblin cares about him like he does the billionaires, because they all think they’re gonna get there, and allegedly, he knows how.

I always ask him though, and I haven’t found an answer myself, one question. Show me one conservative policy that benefits the American working class. Where’s the republican support for workers rights? Are they the reason that most of the Middle East has better laws than we do about paternity and vacation?

I, until Donald trump became president had no reason to look these things up. I was shocked to find that better more inclusive rights could be found in a lot of Africa, and even Afghanistan. Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, turkey, most of the world. Per those countries government websites, they have better written, and more productive workers rights than we do. The only way we stand out is giving women all of our all-pretensive, half-baked rights as well. Though because enforcement is pretty questionable, we can’t be to sure that even that is being carried out the way we say it is.

Can anybody here point me in the right direction? Is there a conservative policy that benefits workers, or their ability to thrive in our country?

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Question about policies (Original Post) Whyisthisreal Oct 2020 OP
Look at the jobs created. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2020 #1
Check out the agricultural business. Phoenix61 Oct 2020 #2
I'm in the agricultural business Whyisthisreal Oct 2020 #3

OAITW r.2.0

(31,746 posts)
1. Look at the jobs created.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:25 AM
Oct 2020

Go back to Bush 1 and add up all the jobs created by Democrats and Republicans since the early 90's. Small businesses created most of these jobs. And it was Democratic policies that helped to grow the vast majority of these jobs.

Phoenix61

(18,771 posts)
2. Check out the agricultural business.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:46 AM
Oct 2020

How many family farm are left? How many dollars go to giant agribusiness farms that are killing the soil.

 

Whyisthisreal

(57 posts)
3. I'm in the agricultural business
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 01:58 AM
Oct 2020

I have worked both for corporate agriculture and small family farm operations. It’s sad to watch the small farms get thrashed by those at the top. It’s having an effect. One thing people don’t talk about is suicide rates among farmers. 450 between 2014 and 2018. They’re stressin

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