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im_at_work_now t1_iymbz5m wrote

Reply to comment by Advanced-Guard-4468 in Pat Toomey was one of the 43 Senators who killed sick leave for rail workers by GraffitiTavern

And how much are profits up over the last 2 years? 8-10% is the YOY figure.

Put another way.... In the first 3 months of this year alone, the rail industry made just shy of $22 BILLION in profits. The additional 7 sick days cost them $321 million for the whole year, or 80 million. With an m. Not a b.

80,000,000 / 22,000,000,000 = 0.0036

That's less than half of one percent of the profits

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