Jester Messiah
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:03 AM
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Shameless! Missouri GOP Wants to Repeal Child Labor Laws. |
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Somebody might want to alert the slimeball GOP that Oliver Twist was a cautionary tale, not a friggin' blueprint! Linkage: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/475205/missouri_gop_wants_to_repeal_child_labor_laws/
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:04 AM
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1. This will be vetoed by our Democratic governor. n/t |
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:11 AM
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I'm just agog that any politician, much less group of politicians, would have the utter audacity to propose something so repugnant. What could possibly be next?
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:16 AM
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5. Don't speculate, you might give them ideas. |
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Last fall saw a slate of overwhelmingly conservative idiots take power in the legislature. They are coming up with all kinds of crazy ass shit, and our only bulwark against the madness is our governor.
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:06 AM
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2. The GOP wants to return to the '80s - the 1880s! |
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:13 AM
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4. And even if enacted, wouldn't that law be in conflict with existing laws that compel children |
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to be publicly educated? You can't equate vocational with educational.
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:17 AM
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Soon they'll be behind the buying and selling of children as cheap labor as well, not just suggesting child labor is ok.
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Wed Mar-09-11 10:17 AM
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7. federal law trumps state law... |
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