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Full title: BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Congress have already signed on to the legislation.

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[–] Burray_Mookchin@lemmy.ml -2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So was there a vote on vacation days at some point? And if not, how does one vote for these sensible policies?

[–] joostjakob@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

How did all these other countries do that, and not the US? I think it starts with "America doesn't have poor people, they have temporarily embarrassed millionaires". So everyone is voting in the interest of the capitalist class, because they want to believe they are part of it. Where that comes from is a matter of historical processes.