Republicans have also been vociferous in wanting to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), even though a main benefit of the law is that children under 19 now cannot be denied coverage due to a "pre-existing condition," and
Now, Wisconsin, under Republican Governor Scott Walker, is set to withdraw Medicaid coverage from as many as 459,000 Wisconsin children.
If that wasn't enough, a Missouri State Senator, Jane Cunningham has proposed a bill that would effectively repeal child labor laws in that state. But then, she's just thinking along the same lines as Mike Lee of Utah, who stated recently that the Federal government has no Constitutional power to regulate child labor.
Look, Republicans aren't suddenly talking about child labor laws out of some principle about Federal vs. state power. In fact, they hate the Federal government's power to do almost anything, except put maintain a military and arrest drug traffickers.
No, they must actually want your child to get out there and work, just like the uneducated, underprivileged and un-upwardly-mobile British and American underclass did in the nineteenth century. They must want your kids to be part of that underclass. Secretly (or not so secretly), Republicans love the idea that there are young, easily-exploited young Americans out there who might work for a few cents an hour just like peasants and the poor in less-developed countries will. And they really don't want the State, or the Federal government, providing them any kind of health care while they scrabble for those pennies. That just helps companies hiring those child laborers more "competitive".
Next time a Republican comes around looking for votes, hide the kids.
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