# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38654
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38654 "2018-08-20T17:06:03Z")
I saw the following in another thread, but any of the rejoinders I could think of seemed likely to earn me a warning. > [@Elizabeth Warren has introduced legislation to Give Workers More Control Over Corporate Decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-has-introduced-legislation-to-give-workers-more-control-over-corporate-decisions/819733/8): > > I don’t know whether I’m being cynical or naive, here, but: if the whole point of that second one is that the workers are supposed to call the shots when it comes to, say, 40% of the board, then aren’t a lot of 60-40 votes in store? > > Just, like, _tons_ of 60-40 votes: a long shadow of 60-40 votes o’er the land, as far as the eye can see; picture an ex-con with “60” tattooed on the knuckles of one fist, and “40” on the other, only ever bothering to throw punches with one hand… ˙pǝpuᴉɯ-ǝldɯᴉs ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ ǝldɯᴉs ǝɹɐ ǝɹns sƃuᴉɥʇ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897)._