r/MadeMeSmile • u/TailungFu • Mar 13 '24

Good News a sane politican

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u/facepoppies Mar 14 '24

Fuck that. Small steps haven’t gotten us anywhere. Big steps are what get shit done in this country

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u/Practical_Cattle_933 Mar 14 '24

So you think it’s realistic to have 32 hours working weeks before fucking paid maternal leave?

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u/facepoppies Mar 14 '24

In this country? The turbo capitalism state? I’d say they’ve got equal odds. But we can show them what we want and what we’ll vote for

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u/GuudenU Mar 14 '24

Actually yes, 32 hour standard work weeks would benefit all full time workers not just full time workers that are parents. You generally get more support for an idea when it benefits more people. And there are definitely more full time employees than there are new parents. Just to be clear, I think both ideas are valid and should be made policy. I just feel that going with the idea that benefits the most people is the more worthy cause if you have to choose just one.

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u/Practical_Cattle_933 Mar 15 '24

It affecting the most people also means it will have the biggest impact as well. We don’t have too many examples of that, while parental leave has a much less and better understood effect on economy.