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dumples , to Politics in Wisconsin governor gets creative with veto, increases public school funding for 400 years
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This is kind of a dick move but the republican congress in Wisconsin removed a bunch of his powers in a lame duck session. You if play dirty you can expect things like this. Wisconsin is kind of a mess politically

Madison_rogue ,
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Wisconsin has had a line item veto since 1930, and it has been used by Democrats and Republicans.

Yeah Robin Vos did a lot of shady things to curtail Evers' executive powers prior to him taking office, yet this kind of veto power has been used before. Both Scott Walker and Tommy Thompson used the veto power during their time in office as well.

Here's a history of the line item veto from the Wisconsin.gov website.

oxjox , to Politics in Wisconsin governor gets creative with veto, increases public school funding for 400 years
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LOL Page 158

Aldehyde ,

The result was good this time, but doesn’t that allow the governor to pass any law as long as they can find the right words in the right order? I can easily imagine this going very wrong.

parrot-party ,
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I'm pretty sure this was done to freak out the legislation and force them to remove the partial veto

Madison_rogue ,
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They can only remove it via constitutional amendment, so it would have to go to the voters first.

QHC ,
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not remove the power of veto, just override this specific exercise of it

AshDene ,
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The manipulation of the numbers suggests that you just need the right letters in the right order...

Jake_Farm , to Work Reform in Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers
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There are millions of 80 year olds working?

focus , to Work Reform in Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers

What was the important point that was missed?

jeffw OP ,

Old people shouldn’t be workers

some_guy , to Work Reform in Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers

Was reading Wikipedia about a string of serial murders last night. One of the victims was an 81 yo man on the way home from his work. This was in 1973. It's not a new problem, it's just worse than before.

MehBlah , to Work Reform in Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers

Neither one of them cares anything about workers. Young or old.

mydude , to Work Reform in Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers

I don't like this headline because it implies that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are, or ever has been, a worker...

rockSlayer , to Work Reform in Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers

That's the real crime. Leaders can be old. Workers should never be forced to be old.

seaQueue ,
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You mean working until you drop dead isn't normal in a civilized country? /s

sik0fewl ,

One still works because they can't let go of power, the other works because they need to survive.

Jafoo , to Men's Liberation in Justin Bieber broke down crying on Instagram. Men should pay attention.

We all spent the entire fucking pandemic + the year after crying. Let's all take a break from that for awhile

Clent , to Men's Liberation in Justin Bieber broke down crying on Instagram. Men should pay attention.

The cross section of men who can't show emotions and men who give a shit about a bieber is very thin.

JoYo , to Men's Liberation in Justin Bieber broke down crying on Instagram. Men should pay attention.
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Men are facing a loneliness crisis. Crying about it may actually help.

omg im dying

AllonzeeLV , (edited ) to Texas in Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning

The United States is the national embodiment of schadenfreude.

Mistakes/failures WILL be mocked and met with cruelty, unless of course you come from enough wealth to be bailed out, in which case you're "so brave" and "aspirational" for putting yourself out there, trying new things, and learning from failure. Again, ONLY if you're already wealthy, otherwise you deserve your suffering, and why aren't you suffering more, you fuck up making bad decisons?! 🇺🇸

i_ben_fine , to Texas in Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning
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Oh, summer is here.

CharlesReed ,
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ikr, it's a horrible situation, but this article seems to come out every year around this time.

Nommer , to Work Reform in On the heels of historic Volkswagen union vote, Starbucks asks Supreme Court to curb labor's power

It's seems that CEOs and shareholders have forgotten that the alternative to worker's rights is to be beaten to death and left to rot in the streets.

Bartsbigbugbag ,

Indeed. The union is the compromise. The alternative was and still is revolution. Worker consciousness is rising quickly, and organization allows for the creation of dual power. 2028 General Strike is shaping up to be not only possible, but possibly inevitable.

AtariDump ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/af8d0097-323f-4ac9-8f79-cb6eb597e2ac.jpeg

some_guy , to Work Reform in On the heels of historic Volkswagen union vote, Starbucks asks Supreme Court to curb labor's power

Fuck you Starbucks.

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