Republicans want dead Americans.
Remember the time when railroaders went on strike because they wanted to be treated like pigs?
Because pigs were treated better than railroaders. Pigs were valuable freight and deserved a long rest after being on a train for 12 hours. No similar regulation existed for the people who ran a train…
This is crazy where i live its 9 hours manditory rest of 45 min after 4,5 hours maximum of 56 per week maximum 90 per 2 weeks. And manditory rest of 11 hours between shifts, we are still well suplied there is zero need for 14 hour shifts 12 is already crazy.
This will totally fix the diesel price problem. This country is more cooked than the planet itself.
If you have any MAGA in your circle, be sure to pass this along to them, so they understand.
What’s left unsaid here, is when they change the law, the drivers have no choice but to comply. If they refuse to drive 16 hours, some other driver will, and the one who refuses loses the job. The truck driver has bills and the lease on his truck to pay, like everyone else. The people who hire them are in the same boat. If they don’t demand that their drivers drive 16 hours, then the next shipping company that does will take the job.
And, so it goes up the chain, the rich get richer and the poor get fucked. Make sure MAGA gets that they are among the poor, just like the rest of us. And, they’ll get fucked next.
That sounds safe.
Meth inks it will be a very stimulating trip on the interstates.
Need to have a little something left over for the lot lizards.
I was curious and looked up what you can drive in the UK/EU. It’s 9 hours. Twice a week you can push it to 10.
They’ve just doomed every person in a car on every major interstate.
No worries, we can just fly everywhere. Wait, what’s that, they just put AI in charge of air traffic control? Okay, yeah, we’re doomed.
Well, it’s one way to boost sales on the gas-guzzling, rolling tanks the US auto makers refuse to diversify away from.
Just that? I am sure true republicans can afford to do much more for the country, why not 24, or double that, 48! Hail Trump!
He truly is a genius.
Solves medical debt by closing hospitals.
Ah yes, because we know Precision Scheduled Railroading with the freight train industry has worked so well, let’s legislate the means by which we can employ less of the already overworked staff under the guise of optimization, when in reality it’s yet another way to funnel even more money towards the top.
A very rich man hundreds or thousands of miles away accepts the risks to other peoples lives as a great deal.
“Some of you will die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make”
- Lord Fuckwad.
What are we going to fuel these trucks with though
METH and coke.
Truck stop meth.
Sorry, I thought you asked about the drivers.
Not surprising, apparently no one in the USA gives a damn about traffic safety.
Deregulation because money.
Lol. The U.S. is on a suicide speedrun.
As a non-American, I find it baffling and hilarious that many Americans are proud to work 80 hours a week. It’s not a flex. They’d regret having done so when they become too frail and forgetful at the old age. And all the money they saved and pension being collected will be spent on healthcare and medication instead.
They did not even live their life when they were young and they won’t even enjoy the remainder.
Didn’t live when was young. Can confirm.
apparently in academia, they think its a flex for PI to be working that much, granted the competitive to be hired at 4-year is pretty high.
Jokes on you, I’m young(ish) and not enjoying it already. Haven’t been enjoying it since about 2002.
We don’t even have pensions.
They’re fucking dumb
Propagandized == Dumb. No one is immune to propaganda, but propaganda can be overcome.
The dumber the better propaganda works. And Americans are dumb as shit. Don’t believe me, look who is president for the second time
Americans are no dumber than any other demographic. They have, however, been subject to a century-long propaganda campaign to instill subservience to capitalist ideology while those same capitalists have been dismantling any educational system or media outlet that might break that subservience.
Beware of the “Americans dumb” rhetoric, because a false sense of superiority is the exact thing that led Americans to accept the propaganda. It can happen to your country, too (and probably is happening, to be real).
50% of US citizens read at 5th grade level or lower. This doesn’t sound too terrible until you remember that those tests are actually comprehension tests. Majority of us have less comprehensive abilities than we expect out of children, and this was before the “ai” boom, you know it’s gotten exponentially worse already and will continue to decline at an ever accelerating pace. We genuinely are some of the dumbest motherfuckers our species has to offer.
I guess I’m distinguishing between innately dumb and dumb-by-design. Poor reading comprehension is a result of the intentional dismantling of our education system. It’s not the people’s fault, it’s the capitalists.
Look around the world. Many corrupt and evil people are taking hold of power.
Just like the Japanese and Chinese right?
Chinese have legally defined retirement ages close to Europe, so even if they have high working hours comparable to the US at least they don’t have to work until death.
The US has legally defined retirement ages too. And if you plan, I know malice afore thought isn’t your strong suit, you can have a decent retirement also.
Nah, it’s been a marathon this is just that last sprint before the finish.
The finish line is a cliff/societal collapse.
