Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

How crazy is it that railroad management at the behest of hedge fund investors have cut workforce by 30% and cut ((ALL)) sick leave because they do not have the staffing to run the railroad if employees call in sick? It is beyond nuts that a guy told his wife of chest pain, but he had to go to work and flipping died of a preventable heart attack on the job.

And Ted Cruz is blabbing on Fox that this is "socialist" and the Senate should not be involved when (1) his own staff starts with 20 days paid sick & (2) Ted Cruz is a graduate of f'n HARVARD LAW SCHOOL it isn't like he doesn't fully know that the Railroad Labor Act specifies the exact remedy that the President (and that any President) has to follow. Cruz just likes to see things burn, especially if he thinks he can promote himself.

Just in case you need a picture of the ******* that got us (Americans) here: