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  • wampus@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    hahhaha, wait, Canada, gov worker, missed cheques not a thing??? Have you heard of the phoenix payroll system??

    I mean, the US is currently missing pay periods due to a conflict between their political leaders – but for us, our gov workers missed paycheques due to sheer incompetence. The people responsible for that shitshow weren’t even fired / held accountable for screwing it up. I don’t disagree that the US system has some issues, but I also don’t think we’re in that great a position to comment haha

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      3 hours ago

      But that’s not a built in feature of the political system, is it? Like, you do see the difference, right?

      Fuck ups happen everywhere. Canada has plenty of them. But what’s happening in the US is apparently just how the system is designed. Hence the question; why design it that way?

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      9 hours ago

      As you point out, the Phoenix issue was incompetence, and the impact was uneven. Some didn’t have issues, others missed paycheques, yet others still got paid more than they expected.

      But the US situation is a function of US Government that results in massive impact against the more vulnerable members of their society. I believe the comment remains valid.