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

submitted 5 months ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 35 points 5 months ago (5 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

[–] Gunrigger@lemmy.world 29 points 5 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?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

That was Tuesday. This is Friday.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If anyone knows children it's southern Republicans

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is this not a conflict of interest? String this motherfucker up in the gallows. It is downright corrupt to write laws that benefit your franchise. Fuck this asshole with a rusted spoon. Take all this online anger and shove it in his smoothie king lobbies.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Surely the voters will punish pols who brazenly help themselves at the expense of the public.

Any day now.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

That won't happen until you can't buy food at the grocers. Because the threat of imprisonment outweighs the perceived threat of these actions. Even though, at the end of the day, this law is just as damaging to individuals as an actual prison.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey guys I have an idea let's punch this guy in the cock

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, "punch".

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

So Willy Wonka was a documentary?