Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to slash unemployment benefits — part of a Republican-backed
People don’t have to be okay with it. Just the 20% of the population who votes for these assholes. Our system of government makes sure a minority can rule as long as their population density is sufficiently low.
How are people okay with this?
People don’t have to be okay with it. Just the 20% of the population who votes for these assholes. Our system of government makes sure a minority can rule as long as their population density is sufficiently low.
I don’t know if you’re from Louisiana but the percentage of voters electing these guys is much higher than 20%.
I’m from Louisiana. This person is referring to the abysmal voter turnout. They said 20% of the population, not 20% of the voters.
Given that only about 36% of the eligible voting population even turned out to vote, this is accurate.
With that turnout it literally only takes 20% of the population to enable shit like this.