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Flaky_Fish69 , in New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam
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Party of family value, folks.

Those kids are worth at least 12.50/hour

admiralteal ,

Why pay them $12.50 when you can pay $7.25?

Why pay $7.25 if you can pay less?

Flaky_Fish69 ,
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shhh.... don't tell the parents that.... Get them hooked with the idea of extra income they can loot first.

Machinist3359 ,

Family values to these people is the right for a man to own a woman and for them both to own indentured servants. It makes exploitation sting less if you can be the "king of the castle" at home.

holo_nexus , in New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam
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We shouldn’t be shocked when the education levels of these states (literacy, math, writing, etc) starts to decrease in the near future. It’s not like these politicians, companies, people care sadly, but with the less time teenagers are going to have for studies, extracurricular, and usual teenage things, we can definitely expect to see even further decrease in grades and proficiency levels.

Grades are one thing, but the mental toll and stress a lot teenagers face due to not being have to have an effective school/work/life balance is insane. I have seen a further decrease on these students mental health since the pandemic started (especially now with inflation impact lower SES families) since alot of them have to work to provide for the family as well.

slicedcheesegremlin ,
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really borrowing from China's playbook to increase population and "bring industry back to the US," are we?

mohKohn ,

A less educated electorate is a more conservative one, so its very much in their political interest to de-incentivize education.

spicy_biscuits , in Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”
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What fucking timeline am I living in? Goddamn this shit

orcrist ,

Discrimination will always be with us. The important point is not that it's happening now but how we as a society handle it.

comedy , in New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam
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Instead of paying adults actual decent wages, pay children less for the same work! What could go wrong?

ProdSlash ,
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They read Upton Sinclair and decided it was a How To manual, not a warning.

akai , in Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”
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I guess "Love thy neighbor" is an optional part of the commandments for conservatives...

WHYAREWEALLCAPS ,

Well, given the amount of infidelity amongst conservatives, I suspect that they get around not coveting their neighbor's wife by showing her some lovin', if you know what I mean.

chrisd ,
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“Loving thy neighbor” is probably going to make you gay too.

aeternum , in Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”

What about homosexual non-human animals? Should they be put to death too? Fuck this guy so hard.

My point is that homosexual is natural and happens in the animal kingdom of all varieties of animals.

Ertebolle , in Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”

It's worth noting that he did this in response to a tweet by, of all people, Ted Cruz, condemning that same law. So we're once again in "Making Ted Cruz Look Reasonable" territory, never somewhere you want the GOP to be.

Col3814444 OP ,

I think I read somewhere Cruz has a bisexual daughter? Pretty typical of a Republican not to care until it affects them personally.

DessertStorms ,
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I think you're giving him far too much credit, and I don't doubt that he would sooner kick his queer child out than support her, but has probably been advised not to right now, because it might impact his career, and that is the personal affect people like him are concerned about, not their kids.

SpacemanSpiff , in New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam
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I’m not surprised at three of the four states, but New Jersey? WTH.

Waryspice ,

I wasn't expecting New Hampshire either. Honestly surprised it's not any of the deep south states.

Drusas ,

Florida will probably be next, what with how they are deliberately driving migrants out of the state despite relying heavily on them.

pizza_rolls ,
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New Hampshire is becoming full of Trump worshippers unfortunately, outside of the heavily populated areas

bagelman ,

New Hampshire has always had a libertarian streak, so they sometimes push rightwards on economic issues.

paulbain , in Trump Threatens to Appoint ‘Maybe Even Nine’ Supreme Court Justices if Elected

Uhm, liberals, if you a left-wing-extremist echo chamber, then why not just go back to Reddit?? If I have to read this sort of crap every danged day, then I shall simply go back to either ZeroHedge.com or www.Patriots.win.

Ironbeagle , in New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam

America really if in a race to the bottom. I'm afraid to see how low they can go.

ArugulaZ , in Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”
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You first, chumpy.

anathema_device , in Republicans accused of faking Whatsapps to smear Hunter Biden
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@Col3814444 who's surprised? :(

Col3814444 OP ,

Republicans telling lies and cheating?! Surely not!!! <faints dramatically>

CoWizard , in New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam

So if these kids can work, they can vote, right?

CoCoIchibanCurry ,
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Another core Republican policy is increasing the minimum voting age to 25.

TubeTalkerX ,

Something about Taxation without Representation…

ArugulaZ , in Pete Buttigieg mocks Ron DeSantis for trying to 'prove' his 'manhood'
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Booty Judge is gay but doesn't lean into it. DeSantis is straight but is absolutely terrible at it.

Col3814444 OP , in Biden Is Wrong. The Supreme Court Is Already “Politicized.”

What is the worst Republicans can do if the Dems did expand the court? Expand it further?

I can only imagine such a thing would lead to better and fairer results

TinyPizza ,
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Maybe have the new justices vote on some sort of involuntary, non dis-chargeable, clear language, ethical code that everyone who joins signs? Maybe mandatory minimum sentences if they break it?

Frog-Brawler ,
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I’d bet $1 on Trump winning the next election and then expanding the court. Just think about whatever the worst likely scenario is; that’s also the most probable. The Republicants have spent 30 years de-educating and numbing America.

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