[–] 3 points 1 day ago

Saw a gal like that walking down the street in South Florida, I almost pulled over to hand her an umbrella. Figured in about 12 more seconds she was going to turn cherry red, then die of sun burn.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    I understand that since you're working 400 less hours per year, with a months more vacation, and paid parental leave on a job that's much more difficult to get fired on you might still have complaints.

    But seriously, the tiny fractions of a problem that still exist in the Swedish labor market, wouldn't even make rounding errors in the US. There are always going to be problems, and lots of arguments about how to fix them. Most people in the US, would much rather have Swedish labor market problems to argue about.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    It was never implemented in the first place. What was intended never happened. Probably for the best honestly. Minimum wage is a poor way to accomplish a living wage, the only advantage it has, is political expediency.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    It was never sustainable, it was a hack to keep people from demanding unions. There's plenty of countries with no minimum wage and well paid workers. It takes strong unions and labor protection laws, which is why the fascists will fight it to the death.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    It's still on the books, but isn't really being funded. Most likely it won't happen until there's some political event to give it a push. Also it's going to be tied to fully automatic driving being considered safe, which it's not, and is likely to be a ways off.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I used to see them a lot in South Florida. Vacationers and locals on the beach and ICW. Also saw a girl with an inflatable wing sail on one. I assume training for the Olympics or something crazy because it was 13c at the time.

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