Remember when Americans breathed a collective sigh of relief, following the so-called “strike” of writers and actors across Hollywood?
Given that the same writers and actors are the ones prattling on about “gender ideology” and other deranged agendas, the alleged “strike” certainly constituted Christmas in July for more than one individual concerned about the moral bankruptcy celebrated by the American “entertainment industry.”
Alas, Dems have found a way to turn even an alleged strike into another major headache for taxpayers, given the most recent absurdities to emerge from the not-so-“Golden State.”
According to a recent report from Fox News, several Democrats in California are planning to propose legislation that demands “unemployment benefits” for striking workers.
Given the highly publicized strikes by woke Hollywood screenwriters and actors, it is rather obvious who the intended beneficiaries of this legislation happen to be.
And, needless to say, “benefits” for individuals who refuse to go to work, rather than for individuals who have actually lost work, is yet another slap in the face to the individuals who really keep the economy running.
That’s certainly the viewpoint of California Chamber of Commerce Policy Advocate Rob Moutrie, who is a fervent opponent to the Dems’ latest madness.
“It would allow individuals on strike who are not looking for work and were not let go through no fault of their own to claim unemployment insurance as if they were truly unemployed,” Moutrie remarked in disgust.
Well, since Democrats increasingly fail to grasp the policy of working at all, it’s little surprise they’ve decided to treat their precious little snowflakes in Hollywood as if they “were truly unemployed.”
Americans could only wish for such a case.
“Striking people are not the same as people who truly have been let go and have no idea where their next paycheck will come from … But someone on strike knows where their job is,” Moutrie continued.
That’s right. But the striking individuals, clearly motivated by the overpaid “protestors” who “support” BLM and other nonsense causes funded by anarchist billionaires, apparently believe they should be paid more for shoveling effective smut down Americans’ throats.
“A lot of politicians around that area feel that strike particularly powerfully and feel compelled to either support or speak about that strike … So, that really creates a political pressure that’s different than other times,” Moutrie added.
What a shame that politicians are feeling the “particularly powerful” effects of the strike.
Probably because few outside of Hollywood, aside from deranged Big Tech execs, are willing to not only embrace, but promulgate, their perverse political agenda.
Of course, perhaps another motivation of the demented legislation is to further disempower small- and medium-sized businesses, which was a blatant objective of Californian COVID lockdowns.
Especially evident when Governor Newsom’s personal winery was allowed to remain open while all others closed.
Communism at its “finest,” especially when Newsom could seize a 100 percent monopoly of the wine industry during lockdowns.
His wineries were probably packed with the Pelosi crowd, laughing it up on the taxpayers’ dime.
However, Moutrie, and multiple other business advocates, aren’t laughing.
“Employers pay per-employee taxes to fill the unemployment insurance fund and to provide those benefits when they’re claimed … So, this piece of legislation, which would take money from the unemployment insurance fund and give it to people on strike, really amounts to an indirect tax on every employer in California going to those people on strike,” he noted.
Yep. Punished for productivity. The Californian way.
Moutrie also blasted the “fundamental fairness problem” of the proposed legislation, a description that could frankly describe just about every woke policy, from county to national levels.
In the meantime, may the “strike” persist indefinitely, if it means ultimately weakening Hollywood interests in the long run.
Author: Jane Jones
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