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Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a frustrating defeat for workers’ rights advocates, who had spent years — and millions of dollars — building support for the successful ballot measure. The repeal will take effect Aug. 28.

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[-] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago

Republicans hate you unless you’re a billionaire.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Even then they hate you, but they'll kiss your ass.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Something tells me they hate themselves but they’d need some kind of self awareness or a soul for that, so maybe not

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

They perceive others having things as a failure of their ability to have it all. So they probably don't like each other.

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