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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans' obsessive need to stigmatize children in poverty is not only sick, it's pretty insane.
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Republicans' obsessive need to stigmatize children in poverty is not only sick, it's pretty insane. (Original Post)
doxydad
May 2014
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Completely agree.
Shame on them.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)2. If they could, they'd probably roll back child labor laws,
so little kids could work as janitors, a la Newt Gingrich. :
lark
(23,160 posts)4. One of the a*holes actually suggested this.
Wanted to roll back the child labor laws as he didn't see why you had to be 16 (?) to sweep the floors of the school gyms. Of course, they'd want a different wage structure for the underage children too. Despicable.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)5. Yes, I believe I heard that too...Another besides Newt.
My grandmother went to work in the sixth grade, but that was in 1911.
Despicable is the word.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)3. Adoration