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ck4829

(35,094 posts) Sat May 9, 2020, 09:20 AM May 2020

Where are "Protection for businesses from being sued over COVID" in the liberty/death dichotomy?

GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH...

If someone catches COVID and there are no consequences for the business that was open or wants to open, doesn't quite sound like liberty for the person with COVID or their family members.

So where does it go?

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Where are "Protection for businesses from being sued over COVID" in the liberty/death dichotomy? (Original Post) ck4829 May 2020 OP

typically idealogues don't care until it effects them beachbumbob May 2020 #1

Employers would be able Chainfire May 2020 #2

+1, red states especially fleeced their UI funds and now are out of money. uponit7771 May 2020 #3

No obligation to provide a safe work environment and no liability/accountability for the results. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #4

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

1. typically idealogues don't care until it effects them

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 09:23 AM

May 2020

Chainfire

(17,671 posts)

2. Employers would be able

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 09:35 AM

May 2020

To demand that their workers work with inadequate protection, with the threat of being fired, being ineligible for UC, and the business would then be immune to lawsuits. The Republicans are, at the same time, telling us that there will be no further assistance for the workers.

They are going to get us back to work if it kills us.

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)

3. +1, red states especially fleeced their UI funds and now are out of money.

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #2)

Sat May 9, 2020, 09:39 AM

May 2020

keithbvadu2

(36,980 posts)

4. No obligation to provide a safe work environment and no liability/accountability for the results.

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 09:42 AM

May 2020

No obligation to provide a safe work environment and no liability/accountability for the results.

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