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LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
7. Republicons say children should be allowed to work younger than 16 for less than min wage.
Sat May 20, 2017, 07:46 PM
May 2017

Yes, yes ...... back to the "good old days" when children were seen, worked to build "character" allegedly and never heard.

2011
Gingrich calls child labor laws ‘truly stupid’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/gingrich-calls-child-labor-laws-truly-stupid/2011/11/21/gIQAFYKHiN_blog.html

2016
Group Funded By Trump’s Education Secretary Pick: ‘Bring Back Child Labor’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/betsy-devos-child-labor-acton_us_5836eb7fe4b000af95edf12e

Building "character."








And these post-reconstruction children's "work experiences" was even more diabolical:


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