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Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (9 children)

"First-term state Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, who sponsored the child labor measure and owns Smoothie King franchises across the Deep South, said he filed the bill in part because children want to work without having to take lunch breaks."

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-children-yearn-for-the-mines

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Does conflict of interest not exist in the US, or is it encouraged to get yourself elected and just be openly corrupt?

Why not just declare yourself a massive wage straight from the budget?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

That was Tuesday. This is Friday.

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