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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 02:35 PM Sep 2016

Everyday people go to work when they are sick because if they don't

They might not get paid.

They might not even get to keep their job.

What Hillary did - keep on campaigning even when she was not feeling - that's just a typical day for thousands of Americans.

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Everyday people go to work when they are sick because if they don't (Original Post) LynneSin Sep 2016 OP
K&R friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #1
Over 40% of workers do not get sick days. If there's work to be done GoDawgs Sep 2016 #2
So that justifies her campaigning PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #3
Chill Pacifist Patriot Sep 2016 #5
Yep, and that includes restaurant workers. GoCubsGo Sep 2016 #4

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,873 posts)
3. So that justifies her campaigning
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 03:04 PM
Sep 2016

when diagnosed with something that can literally kill?

It is deplorable that so many workers in this country do not get paid sick leave. Perhaps she should make sick leave for all one of her goals as President.

Meanwhile, she needs to rest so she can finish running for President and be well enough to do the job properly come January 20, 2017.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
5. Chill
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 03:30 PM
Sep 2016

I've been working for weeks with pneumonia. Yes it can kill, but generally not healthy people who are being treated properly, which I suspect she is.

I'd love for her to make mandatory paid sick leave one of her goals as president, but I'm not even close to thinking she needs anyone second guessing her justification for campaigning whilst ill.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
4. Yep, and that includes restaurant workers.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 03:11 PM
Sep 2016

You know. The people who handled the food you consume when you eat out.

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