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In reply to the discussion: Mining Would Be Exciting For Kids: Trumps Secretary Of Education Wants Legal Child Labor [View all]kskiska
(27,041 posts)49. Would Black Lung be considered a pre-existing condition?
And would they have health insurance at all?
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Mining Would Be Exciting For Kids: Trumps Secretary Of Education Wants Legal Child Labor [View all]
Snarkoleptic
Nov 2016
OP
What a sick, sick person! Trump is declaring war on the American evidenced by the people he is
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#2
Black Lung Disease puts hair on your chest and makes frail little boys real men!
Feeling the Bern
Nov 2016
#41
DeVos and the Kochs, Daltons and other Plutocrats want to bring back serfdom.
Dustlawyer
Nov 2016
#12
Not that I'm defending this crazy shit, but child labor has always been legal for farm kids
NickB79
Nov 2016
#16
See my post #36 below. Coal mining destroyed Grandpa's lungs. He went to the mines at age 13. nt
tblue37
Nov 2016
#37
Because to a Republican, people who don't earn money have no value at all as people. nt
tblue37
Nov 2016
#38
Well, no offense was meant by my last re to your post 59, but I deleted it anyhow. nt
Mc Mike
Dec 2016
#62
"Valued as people" TYPICAL of RW assholes to think that children and others are not valued
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2016
#42
And when the kids get black lung disease and other occupational related disorders,
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#54
Of course the rich folks wouldn't want THEIR kids to prove their value as people
tblue37
Nov 2016
#60