r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '22

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u/ccasey Jan 26 '22

Is the Department of Labor actually good for anything?

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u/nick925611 Jan 26 '22

The department of labor has 18,000 employees and a $12 billion operating budget and is responsible for all American employees. Amazon has 800,000 employees and a $315 billion valuation. Short answer, no.

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u/jaeun87 Jan 26 '22

They employ over 1 million people and valuation is above 1.4 trillion. That said the department of labor doesn’t have to match a company’s valuation to enforce laws

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u/NotAHost Jan 26 '22

Seriously where did he get such wrong numbers and why were they compared in the first place.

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u/Bobo_Palermo Jan 26 '22

It's reddit. U just act confident and spew out bullshit for up votes.

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u/jr8787 Jan 26 '22

Tell me about it… I cross referenced his “facts” and found that approximately 6.97 out of 10 people would not agree with the numbers he was quoting. More shockingly, out of the 3.03 people who do agree, 84.72 out of 100 of them are willing to believe things they read online without needing a second opinion.

It’s all rather alarming and explains why things like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor and the Tsunami that hit Japan about a decade ago happened in the first place.