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How The Michigan GOP Gutted A Minimum Wage Hike And Paid Sick Leave

“We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said one activist.


Republican lame-duck state legislators in Michigan voted this week to gut a bill that would’ve raised the state’s minimum wage and given workers access to paid sick leave.

The state’s outgoing Republican governor, Rick Snyder, could soon sign the legislation, the culmination of a GOP strategy that activists say is a straight-up subversion of the democratic process, as well as possibly illegal.

“We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said Danielle Atkinson, the Founding Director of Mothering Justice and one of the activists who fought to get the measures on the state’s November ballot. “I’m incredibly disappointed. I’m upset. Angry. And just sad about all the people that we are wanting to help.”

Republican lawmakers in Michigan are also trying to weaken the incoming Democratic attorney general and secretary of state, HuffPost reported earlier this week. The state GOP’s moves come at a time when its midwest neighbor Wisconsin is also working to kneecap newly elected Democrats.
 
IQ64 said:
THIS AINT BOTH SIDES DOING THIS!


How The Michigan GOP Gutted A Minimum Wage Hike And Paid Sick Leave

“We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said one activist.


Republican lame-duck state legislators in Michigan voted this week to gut a bill that would’ve raised the state’s minimum wage and given workers access to paid sick leave.

The state’s outgoing Republican governor, Rick Snyder, could soon sign the legislation, the culmination of a GOP strategy that activists say is a straight-up subversion of the democratic process, as well as possibly illegal.

“We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said Danielle Atkinson, the Founding Director of Mothering Justice and one of the activists who fought to get the measures on the state’s November ballot. “I’m incredibly disappointed. I’m upset. Angry. And just sad about all the people that we are wanting to help.”

Republican lawmakers in Michigan are also trying to weaken the incoming Democratic attorney general and secretary of state, HuffPost reported earlier this week. The state GOP’s moves come at a time when its midwest neighbor Wisconsin is also working to kneecap newly elected Democrats.
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Could you provide some details about this "bill" you're describing? Could you possibly be talking about a referendum and wrongly calling it a bill?
 
Sirthinksalot said:
Could you provide some details about this "bill" you're describing? Could you possibly be talking about a referendum and wrongly calling it a bill?
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That's kind of what happened:

Progressive groups successfully had gathered enough signatures to get the two issues on the Nov. 6 general election ballot. But the Legislature swooped in and approved the two citizen-led initiatives in September, in an effort that was more about keeping the issues off the Nov. 6 ballot and giving the Legislature the power to amend the two laws with a simple majority. If the proposals had gone to the ballot and been passed by voters, it would take a three-quarters majority to amend the laws.
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/po...cans-minimum-wage-paid-sick-leave/2137325002/
 
TTQ64 said:
THIS AINT BOTH SIDES DOING THIS!


How The Michigan GOP Gutted A Minimum Wage Hike And Paid Sick Leave

“We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said one activist.


Republican lame-duck state legislators in Michigan voted this week to gut a bill that would’ve raised the state’s minimum wage and given workers access to paid sick leave.

The state’s outgoing Republican governor, Rick Snyder, could soon sign the legislation, the culmination of a GOP strategy that activists say is a straight-up subversion of the democratic process, as well as possibly illegal.

“We consider it just an undermining of democracy, the will of the people, and a slap in the face to all of the work that we did,” said Danielle Atkinson, the Founding Director of Mothering Justice and one of the activists who fought to get the measures on the state’s November ballot. “I’m incredibly disappointed. I’m upset. Angry. And just sad about all the people that we are wanting to help.”

Republican lawmakers in Michigan are also trying to weaken the incoming Democratic attorney general and secretary of state, HuffPost reported earlier this week. The state GOP’s moves come at a time when its midwest neighbor Wisconsin is also working to kneecap newly elected Democrats.
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I have a way for Danielle Atkinson to help with her disappointment. Stop demanding businesses be forced to pay someone more than their skills are worth and reach into her own damn pocket and personally help those for which she CLAIMS to have a concern. Why is she so unwilling to help with her own money?
 
CFM said:
I have a way for Danielle Atkinson to help with her disappointment. Stop demanding businesses be forced to pay someone more than their skills are worth and reach into her own damn pocket and personally help those for which she CLAIMS to have a concern. Why is she so unwilling to help with her own money?
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This isn't about Atkinson's disappointment, it's about the legislature acting in bad faith.
 
Guille said:
Yes, bad faith. Adopting the initiatives intending to keep them intact would have been good faith. Adopting them intending to alter them and deny the voters a say is bad faith.
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I consider it an intelligent alternative......bad faith is something like California where AFTER the resolution banning gay "marriage" passed, the government actively sought ways to make it legal anyway.......
 
Guille said:
This isn't about Atkinson's disappointment, it's about the legislature acting in bad faith.
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Bad faith is supporting a concept where you're angry, disappointed, upset, and sad when others don't want to be forced to do what you refuse to personally do in situations where you say something should be done. When is she going to reach into her pocket and personally finance the situations where she says people want help?
 
PostmodernProphet said:
I consider it an intelligent alternative......bad faith is something like California where AFTER the resolution banning gay "marriage" passed, the government actively sought ways to make it legal anyway.......
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I thought the left wingers claimed they supported the will of the people?
 
CFM said:
Bad faith is supporting a concept where you're angry, disappointed, upset, and sad when others don't want to be forced to do what you refuse to personally do in situations where you say something should be done. When is she going to reach into her pocket and personally finance the situations where she says people want help?
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Bad faith is simple, it's being dishonest about your intentions.
 
CFM said:
Since Atkinson's claims of wanting to help people is nothing more than meaningless words without personal actions, she speaks in bad faith.
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You are wrong on so many levels I'm not sure where to begin.

I guess let's start with the ballot initiatives. Why not let people vote? Atkinson didn't make that happen.
 
Guille said:
You are wrong on so many levels I'm not sure where to begin.

I guess let's start with the ballot initiatives. Why not let people vote? Atkinson didn't make that happen.
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You mean like the ballot initiative in California where voters supported a ban on gay marriage and those not liking the results went against the will of the people?
 
CFM said:
You mean like the ballot initiative in California where voters supported a ban on gay marriage and those not liking the results went against the will of the people?
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This makes no sense. The people did what I'm sure you liked. Here the questions weren't even put to the people. As I asked before, do you understand what we're talking about here?
 
Guille said:
This makes no sense. The people did what I'm sure you liked. Here the questions weren't even put to the people. As I asked before, do you understand what we're talking about here?
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I'm talking about a whining bitch named Atkinson that claims to be sad about people she felt needing help not getting it yet refusing to personally help them with her money.
 
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