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applegrove

(118,778 posts)
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:49 AM Aug 2021

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Reward Workers Who Quit

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Reward Workers Who Quit

August 12, 2021 at 10:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/12/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-reward-workers-who-quit-over-vaccine/

"SNIP......

Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would allow workers to collect unemployment if they quit a job over a vaccine mandate, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Current law stipulates that if an individual is fired or quits a job they are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits.

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Wow. It really is engineered social darwinism. They want to kill off people who are so dumb they fall for it no matter if it is their voter base. Maybe the GOP want to be rid of Trump voters?

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GOP Lawmakers Seek to Reward Workers Who Quit (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2021 OP
Presumably the same lawmakers who want to end the unemployment extension? ShazamIam Aug 2021 #1
Wait, now they're FOR unemployment? zuul Aug 2021 #2
They'll pay people to die. applegrove Aug 2021 #3
Oh, but tying it to vaccines makes sure it's going to their voters. tanyev Aug 2021 #5
Kill the people , kill the economy . Fullduplexxx Aug 2021 #4

zuul

(14,628 posts)
2. Wait, now they're FOR unemployment?
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:57 AM
Aug 2021

I thought it was just a crutch for lazy people who don’t want to work.

tanyev

(42,610 posts)
5. Oh, but tying it to vaccines makes sure it's going to their voters.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 08:29 AM
Aug 2021

They're very OK with that.

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