Asked to shoulder more economic burden, Republicans point finger to children

January 18, 2012

Yep, it’s 2012 and Republicans have actually begun dismantling child labor laws—it’s for the kids own good, they say.

Child labor laws are being dismantled in Republican-led states like Missouri, Wisconsin, and Maine, while their propagandists promote the importance of learning an improved “work ethic,” “life lessons,” etc.

GOP canididate Newt Gingrich sounded off that poor children should be working as janitors. This is his bold idea to help strengthen an economy that the Wall Street masters totalled almost 4 years ago in their neverending accumulation of capital at any cost. Despite massive fraud, that party’s still going strong and corporate profits are higher than ever.

But don’t think for a second that such extreme inequality might stop Republicans. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa used a kids-need-more-exercise argument in favor of child farm labor. “How,” he asks, “can kids be active if they are [not laboring on farms]?”

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