Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on paternity leave amid supply-chain crisis. Never appointed an acting Secretary.

Again, with Zoom meetings, phone calls and Email, he can work just as hard frome home. Many people have done so as a result of the pandemic.

CrispyChicken wrote:

Does the birthing person also get maternity leave, or was she/he just a gestation vessel?

The value of work and "public service" have been so diminished.

When I was born over a half-century ago, my dad stopped by the hospital on his lunch break to check on mom and me and then right back to work. Dad had bills to pay with family (not taxpayer) money

Oh did he built his own private roads, his own private schools. His own private hospital?

You use taxpayer services all the time, knucklehead. You’d think an old guy would know that

Thank god Millenials have moved beyond this antiquated BS or GDP would still be at 1950's levels.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

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Again, with Zoom meetings, phone calls and Email, he can work just as hard frome home. Many people have done so as a result of the pandemic.

Does anyone know if the federal leave policy prohibits work of any kind during the approved leave period?

I once had a co-worker on short term disability (in the private secto) and his email access was cut off because sending/receiving emails was not allowed because his benefit was being paid by the disability insurance carrier and his pay from his employer was stopped.

Democrats are “funny”

Democrats are disgustingly sick

formerRTOCguy wrote:

CrispyChicken wrote:

Does the birthing person also get maternity leave, or was she/he just a gestation vessel?

The value of work and "public service" have been so diminished.

When I was born over a half-century ago, my dad stopped by the hospital on his lunch break to check on mom and me and then right back to work. Dad had bills to pay with family (not taxpayer) money

Oh did he built his own private roads, his own private schools. His own private hospital?

You use taxpayer services all the time, knucklehead. You’d think an old guy would know that

So, let's have the government pay for everyone's wants and needs, but only from each according to his/her/they ability, and to each according to his/her/they needs. However, I bet his kid goes to private school rather than some public cesspool.

CrispyChicken wrote:

formerRTOCguy wrote:

Oh did he built his own private roads, his own private schools. His own private hospital?

You use taxpayer services all the time, knucklehead. You’d think an old guy would know that

So, let's have the government pay for everyone's wants and needs, but only from each according to his/her/they ability, and to each according to his/her/they needs. However, I bet his kid goes to private school rather than some public cesspool.

Loving your children is a Democrat scam!! Back to work, maggot.

This thread should be archived as a boomer litmus test.

Democrats are trash. Bottom line.

lets go brandon wrote:

https://twitter.com/TheJordanRachel/status/1449176535840137222?s=20

Democrats are “funny”

Does not look like he is doing any Zooming there.

Boomers: (Insert reference to poor or minority here) should RAISE their CHILDREN better!!

Also boomers: taking off work to love your kids is immoral, lazy and wrong!

It has to be satire.

danube steak wrote:

lets go brandon wrote:

https://twitter.com/TheJordanRachel/status/1449176535840137222?s=20

Democrats are “funny”

Does not look like he is doing any Zooming there.

Yeah, I'm sure they're riding in a swing 24/7. Pete graduate from Harvard and received a Rhodes scholarship. He also served in the military. I'm pretty sure he'll stay current with his job while he's away from the office. I won't name any examples, but there are other people that get almost nothing done even when they're in the office.

Some people aren't as bereft of spine as you and your pops.

Sorry, but this is what 21st century capitalism looks like. For decades, we have allowed massive consolidation in just about every vital sector of our economy. This results in a system that is ultra efficient at delivering goods and services based on predictable supply and demand, but is completely incapable of responding to big swings in market conditions. 18th months into the pandemic and you still cannot buy a N95 mask in the US if you are not a health care provider. That is because 3M pretty much has a monopoly on that business and has no interest in making investments in new manufacturing to meet what might be a temporary surge in demand. If instead of one giant manufacturer of PPE there were twenty small to medium sized companies competing against each other, you would have companies willing to make investments to boost production for fear that other companies would capture the market. instead, 3M just tells everyone to f#ck off because they are making good money and don't care.

Same problem with international shipping, ship containers, microchips and so on. Add to that the multi-decade crushing of labor unions and offshoring of everything, and here we are.

The Biden administration didn't do anything to cause this problem, but hasn't done anything to fix it. That is because the neoliberal order requires government to always take the lead from big business. Biden could invoke the defense production act and other government interventions to help boost production and better move goods. But that would infringe on private profits. Thus it is completely out of bounds.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

danube steak wrote:

Does not look like he is doing any Zooming there.

Yeah, I'm sure they're riding in a swing 24/7. Pete graduate from Harvard and received a Rhodes scholarship. He also served in the military. I'm pretty sure he'll stay current with his job while he's away from the office. I won't name any examples, but there are other people that get almost nothing done even when they're in the office.

Hi own boss, Joe Biden, said his biggest accomplishment as mayor was putting colored lights underneath bridges. Face it, the guy hasn't done anything.

Loving your children is great, but I don't need to love or support your children or anybody else's children, or pay you to do so. If you can't afford them, don't have them. But I wouldn't expect the Democrat village of idiots to understand such a basic concept.

CrispyChicken wrote:

Loving your children is great, but I don't need to love or support your children or anybody else's children, or pay you to do so. If you can't afford them, don't have them. But I wouldn't expect the Democrat village of idiots to understand such a basic concept.

But people aren't having children. It's difficult enough for young people to afford a house let alone a child or two.

CrispyChicken wrote:

Loving your children is great, but I don't need to love or support your children or anybody else's children, or pay you to do so. If you can't afford them, don't have them. But I wouldn't expect the Democrat village of idiots to understand such a basic concept.

Every other developed country in the world disagrees with you.

But you keep doing you, crispy chicken.