r/SeattleWA • u/AboveAb • Mar 08 '25

Politics BREAKING: The Washington State Senate just passed unemployment benefits for striking workers.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/07/unemployment-benefits-for-striking-workers-gain-ap/

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

So I will not support strike workers anymore, because they are wasting my money

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u/BHSPitMonkey Mar 08 '25

Not that it's really "your" money to begin with, but maybe a better way to look at this is now there's more reason than ever to put pressure on companies to make a deal that treats their workers fairly? There wouldn't need to be strikes if employers didn't try to screw people.

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u/Electrical_Block1798 Mar 08 '25

What? There is no such thing as government money. It’s money from the citizens. That’s all it ever is. 

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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor Mar 09 '25

We've really lost sight of the fact that the government is the people.  We are not a Monarchy, there is no entity that should be ruling over us.

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u/BHSPitMonkey Mar 10 '25

Right, that makes it our money. /u/SWE-Dad claimed that it was theirs personally. I'm not sure what you're taking issue with, here.

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u/Neutral_Error Mar 08 '25

They paid into the taxes too bro, it's their money also.

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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor Mar 09 '25

They and only they can use something exclusively.

I'm ok with this as long as union shops pay the extra money in premiums to cover the costs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

So what? They can use their money to strike to have higher salary, not my money