I went to work many times very ill (which got others sick) because we didn't have any sick leave. That money stuff comes in handy when you are sick.
I know republicans here hate europe, especially germany, because they have to treat their workers like people and not clones of a robot made in a factory by some ceo.
Oh, and don't say getting sick isn't a choice. People could home school their kids to minimize exposure. Order bulk food online and have things delivered and wipe them down every single time. Etc and so on, you can prevent it most times (kind of gets in the way of course, but life is not about fun but about making sure you are at 100% all the time so someone else can use your labor at a cheap cost).
We as a *society* make choices that balance things out because companies, etc, will only work for one goal - make money off our resources (people, oil, coal, land, food, etc). That oil we want to drill here? Sold to china - won't help us, and we will lose it. That may sound great for the people who pump it out and make a profit, but that resource should go to the US first so that we all benefit.
The same general idea goes to our people. Protect our resources, respect them, realize they are not machines but real people. You want to do business here, fine. There are rules. Want to get a car, license, drive here? There are rules to follow that benefit others (some would say - if I can afford a car that goes 200mph why can't I do so through your little neighborhood? Jealous, go buy your own!).
With power comes responsibility. Get pregnant? That is our future generation. Our soldiers, workers, educators, presidents,people - us.
Sympathy and compassion are two traits not held by republicans or many of today's christians...who oddly enough love having that rule book that restricts them (but they ignore/look over many of those restrictions).
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