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Galraedia Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:09 PM
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Republican Sets Out To Repeal The Ban On Child Labor
As part of the New Deal in 1933, Congress passed the National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA) that outlawed child labor in the United States. The child labor prohibition was ruled unconstitutional, but was passed again in 1938 and has protected children from forced labor and unfair working conditions in all industries since its inception. Republicans have tried to repeal every law in the New Deal since its beginning, and today’s corporate-driven conservatives are making it their goal to finish off the provisions of the New Deal once and for all. There has been a call to either end or privatize Social Security, and Republicans have attempted to defund or eliminate every safety net and provision for caring for disadvantaged citizens and children; some legislators have claimed Child Labor Laws are unconstitutional. As Draconian as it seems, a Missouri State Senator has proposed legislation to eliminate child labor laws altogether in Missouri.

Continue at: http://www.politicususa.com/en/republican-child-labor

Wtf? So I guess that's why the Repugs are against abortion.
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  - Man George Carlin was right: "When you're pre-born you're fine when you're pre school youre fucked!"  Initech   Oct-27-11 03:11 PM   #1 
  - It's time to go full metal Oliver Twist on these despicable creatures..  Fumesucker   Oct-27-11 03:12 PM   #2 
  - Why is that state senator still allowed to breathe? nt  valerief   Oct-27-11 03:14 PM   #3 
  - And here she is, wearing her wig...  Sarah Ibarruri   Oct-27-11 03:16 PM   #4 
  - This is the Republican "job plan" apparently  Aerows   Oct-27-11 03:40 PM   #5 
  - What are you dense? Don't forget prison labor.  WingDinger   Oct-27-11 04:23 PM   #8 
     - You're right!  Aerows   Oct-27-11 05:23 PM   #13 
  - She is complete scum.  arbusto_baboso   Oct-27-11 03:41 PM   #6 
  - So this is the Jobs is priority One, child jobs!  rustydog   Oct-27-11 03:41 PM   #7 
  - And what about babies? Why should they get a free ride?  dtexdem   Oct-27-11 04:24 PM   #9 
  - I thought this was an Onion article until I clicked it.  white_wolf   Oct-27-11 04:26 PM   #10 
  - WOW.  ratsrats   Oct-27-11 04:27 PM   #11 
  - Nothing these shitstains propose  hifiguy   Oct-27-11 04:34 PM   #12 
  - Slave labor anyone?  Galraedia   Oct-27-11 06:21 PM   #14 
  - The story was dated February 14, 2011 - 6:37pm  RC   Oct-27-11 07:25 PM   #15 
  - This nostalgia for the Gilded Age brings a tear to my eye  aint_no_life_nowhere   Oct-27-11 07:39 PM   #16 
 
Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:11 PM
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1. Man George Carlin was right: "When you're pre-born you're fine when you're pre school youre fucked!"
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:12 PM
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2. It's time to go full metal Oliver Twist on these despicable creatures..
Charles Dickens would have known what to do with them.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:14 PM
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3. Why is that state senator still allowed to breathe? nt
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:16 PM
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4. And here she is, wearing her wig...

http://missouri-news.org/featured/tonight-show-attentio...

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Aerows Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:40 PM
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5. This is the Republican "job plan" apparently
Child labor. I'm sure the next plan is going to be ending minimum wage and bringing back inheritable debt and debtor's prison. Your kids, too, can inherit your debt, go to work for pennies per day, and be spared the horrors of a public school education. As a bonus, your family can bond more closely by all going to debtor's prison together.

:sarcasm:

Is there ANYTHING they won't come up with to make life absolutely miserable for as many people possible?
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WingDinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 04:23 PM
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8. What are you dense? Don't forget prison labor.
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Aerows Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 05:23 PM
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13. You're right!
How could I forget prison labor! That's the other part of their "jobs" plan. LOL
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 03:41 PM
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6. She is complete scum.
How does such a person sleep at night?
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