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Virginia GOPers Perfectly Fine with Child Labor, Even If It Makes the Young’uns a Bit Sick

6 thoughts on “Virginia GOPers Perfectly Fine with Child Labor, Even If It Makes the Young’uns a Bit Sick

    1. This is why people need to pay attention to what is going on in their state and local politics as well as what's happening on the national stage.

  1. “If this was your kid, would you be OK with having them work in this job?” asked Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49). "Would you? I don’t think you would. So why is it OK for kids you don’t know to do this job?”

    #Republicans answered that question with silence.

    Assholes. But it can't get worse, right?

    "Child tobacco workers in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia often experienced nausea and vomiting while cutting stalks of burley tobacco during the harvest,” the report noted. “Jacob S., a 14-year-old tobacco worker in Virginia, described similar symptoms. 'I get a little bit queasy, and I get lightheaded and dizzy. Sometimes I feel like I might pass out. It just feels like I want to fall over.’”

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