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@Crunchy_Nuts said:

This is a good thing. It means that the jo-creators can employ more people.

good luck with that

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#2  Edited By Jimn_tonic
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@chessmaster1989 said:

What exactly is an 'official protest'?

that is a real good question..

I'd guess it would be an organized protest, or maybe any kind of tangible protest, not that whole "we are legion" DDoS BS

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The bill, introduced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), is broad legislation designed to make it much easier for oil and gas companies to obtain permission to drill on public lands. If signed into law, the legislation would automatically approve onshore drilling permits if the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) failed to act on them in 60 days.

If an individual does not like a proposed drilling project and wanted to oppose it, he or she would have to pay a $5,000 fee to file an official protest.

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I think it's already bad enough that companies don't have to pay the citizens to drill on public land in America, but this seems to undermine a fundamental right American citizens have.

on the bright side, this bill will probably not see the light of day.

thoughts?

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@dave123321 said:

Maybe he was letting you down easy

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one more victory.

good job, illinois

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@Barbariser said:

It's kind of darkly hilarious how this attempted PR stunt has backfired on the company.

I really don't know how anyone (never mind people in management) thought that this would be a good idea.

Give to our hard working employees, 'cos we sure as hell don't.

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@Jd1680a said:

Walmart workers should start up a union. They would then require Walmart to let them work 40 hours a week when the worker want to work full time and pay them $12 an hour.

As soon as the word 'Union' is mentioned, they're fired.

Wal Mart is notoriously anti-Union, so there's no point in them trying to form one.

reminds me of this

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they're so anti-union that they get unionized actors to convey the message!

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#8  Edited By Jimn_tonic
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35? that's way too long. I'd say about 25, depending on what you want to do, if you even know.

I can see where the dude is coming from. Youthful ambition is hard to take seriously, and easier to brush off as bravado.

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Capitalism will always demand intervention at some point. Underspending is just as much of a problem as overspending.

Take the events leading to the Great Depression, most economists thought workers would not mind a nominal wage cut. Since prices were cut, there would be no affect on purchasing power, but workers did mind, seeing a nominal wage cut as a decrease in living standards, and most unions rejected the idea of nominal wage cuts, so nominal wages stayed the same despite market pressure. This made the involuntary unemployment indefinite, An increase in spending, to shift demand, was the only way it could be fixed. There was no self-correcting process, as classical economist believed.

there's a myriad of other examples, that can be given to any ideology. imo, any ideology is doomed to fail if it doesn't change to serve certain situations. entropy is a bitch, but it is what it is.

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@Capitan_Kid said:

They need to lock this fucker up and throw away the key

i'd be content with him having a firearm restriction. the man is harmless without a gun.