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I find it hard to believe you actually think either party is pro-labor, when half the states have at will employment and the US has one of the lowest pto requirements.

See Biden's pro-union stance to the point he avoids naming Tesla when talking about EV manufacturers because Tesla is anti-union.

Biden is so pro-union that when a union threatens to strike for paid sick time he'll tell them to suck it up and sign a law forcing them to work

Maybe he didn't want the economy shut down on his watch. But if it took the most powerful man in the world to stop them, US Unions are powerful indeed.

If he’s so big government, anti-individual freedoms, pro-labor, anti-business and pro planned economy, then surely he could wave his president wand and force the rail companies to concede sick days instead of letting them shut down the economy

Touché. But a deal was imposed, just not the requested paid sick days. With such massive government interventions though, this sounds like anything but a free-market environment.

From you comment history, you really love talking about a "planned economy". I wonder what that means to you. Usually it means the government does the planning, but that doesn't make sense in context.

> pro-labor

Funniest thing I've read all week, thanks

> pro-labor

True that, mate. In no developed country you can do more unskilled labor for the same money.

> Please control your bias.

I don't really want to get deep into this, but both you and GP must see the irony in your positions?

Do you really find them “on the left side of the spectrum”, or do you actually find them “to the left of your personal beliefs”? Those are not the same thing.

It is clear that GP commenter was comparing the positions of the U.S. Democratic and Republican parties to the positions of most mainstream parties in Europe. Have you got any examples in which the overall Democratic (let alone Republican) party policy would be considered left wing as compared to that of the parties in any European parliament or assembly?

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