{"id":61383,"date":"2016-12-16T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=61383"},"modified":"2016-12-15T13:40:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T19:40:21","slug":"membership-has-its-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=61383","title":{"rendered":"Membership Has Its Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DFL controlled Department of Employment and Economic Development is granting &#8220;Dislocated Worker&#8221; benefits &#8211; designed for large groups of private-sector workers who&#8217;ve been laid off &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2016\/12\/14\/dflers-job-loss-benefits\/\">to DFL legislative staffers<\/a> whose jobs disappeared with their majority and, in many cases, their representatives:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2016\/12\/14\/dflers-job-loss-benefits\/<\/p>\n<p>As Kelly Fenton notes, this is a first; political work (and work for a legislator or a caucus\u00a0<em>is\u00a0<\/em>political work, and much of it disappears when a party loses a majority) is unstable. \u00a0Lose an election? \u00a0Lose your staff. \u00a0Lose the majority? \u00a0Lose more staff.<\/p>\n<p>And word has it some of the workers getting benefits were, in fact, <em>campaign<\/em> workers.<\/p>\n<p>I say the DFL should defend this action loudly, proudly and stridently. \u00a0Preferably by calling their critics &#8220;deplorable&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DFL controlled Department of Employment and Economic Development is granting &#8220;Dislocated Worker&#8221; benefits &#8211; designed for large groups of private-sector workers who&#8217;ve been laid off &#8211; to DFL legislative staffers whose jobs disappeared with their majority and, in many cases, their representatives: http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2016\/12\/14\/dflers-job-loss-benefits\/ As Kelly Fenton notes, this is a first; political work (and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,320,255,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-mndfl","category-the-racket","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61385,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61383\/revisions\/61385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}