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In reply to the discussion: Why are Democrats so resistant to liability protection as part of the next COVID bill? [View all]Mike 03
(16,616 posts)20. Companies, institutions and individuals with power who are immune from being
sued are free to take extraordinary risks with other people's lives and to profit by unethical conduct with zero consequences.
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Why are Democrats so resistant to liability protection as part of the next COVID bill? [View all]
LAS14
Jul 2020
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They are mostly Republicans in those states...why would you wish to limit protection
Demsrule86
Jul 2020
#27
If they pass a bill that protects employers from liability for covid, things will change.
5X
Jul 2020
#15
How? Then bosses will just feel more free to not protect the workers they employ.
iemitsu
Jul 2020
#19
My bosses daughter was infected, he was exposed and came to work exposing us.
onecaliberal
Jul 2020
#11
Trump deactivated/destroyed any ability of OSHA to react to COVID and to try to protect workers
hlthe2b
Jul 2020
#17
A big NO NO to reduced liability for business...if they are careful and enact good policy, they
Demsrule86
Jul 2020
#28
It wasn't a myth for the two years I paid out money fighting a battle that ended..
LAS14
Jul 2020
#41
It is not "liability protection". It is shifting all liability onto the workers, and others.
mackdaddy
Jul 2020
#26
You are proposing taking the last possible means of redress away while rewarding those killing
hlthe2b
Jul 2020
#39
Would you point to one or two responses that do that? #17 (see post above) didn't.
LAS14
Jul 2020
#37
Cause the current systems work just fine? Why are you asking seeing the answer is obvious? tia
uponit7771
Jul 2020
#38