• PLAVAT🧿S@sh.itjust.works
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    Wondered where I remembered him from, it was this juxtaposition of photos:

    Additional context: around the same time Governor Walz (upper) was signing a bill for guaranteed school lunches the Governer of Arkansas (lower) was signing a bill rolling back protections on child labor.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/gov-tim-walz-signs-universal-school-meals-bill-into-law/

    https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/1162531885/arkansas-child-labor-law-under-16-years-old-sarah-huckabee-sanders

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          I’m shocked, honestly. Shapiro is the canonical post-Clinton Democrat, all the consent manufacturers were clearly pulling for him.

          As one of the leftmost members of the D voting coalition its a strange feeling to not be getting continuously shat upon.

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            Yeah well lets hope this all true. All the articles are saying "sources close to " I want to hear it from her mouth. Regardless I am excited about voting for the first time since 2016 when Bernie first ran. Lets fucking go! Only thing stopping us now is if the GOP cheat which I hear they already planning a coup using the courts so lets make it such a huge landslide they can’t win that way.

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            No way in hell they would have picked Shapiro. People would get him mixed up with Ben Shapiro. It’s absurd he was even in the running.

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            Well then every gd progressive who says there are so many better get off their asses and vote then.

            Not upset about the pick in the least but this is progressives time to shine.

            Edit- you all act as if Im rooting against that. I actually want a ton of normal non-voters to actually come out and vote for Harris-walz

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        Whoa whoa whoa. So Harris is laffin, and Walz is smilin??? Too much happiness.

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        They want to be at home playing Roblox, but their parents made them wear ties and have their hair slicked into place. All to support a bill where they’re going to be playing less Roblox.

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        I would also point out, not to give Huckabee any credit, but the silver lining of that bill might allow kids trying to gain freedom from abusive homes, permitting them to go job hunting on their own (although 14/15 seems super young regardless - they couldn’t without someone signing off otherwise). The downsides is parents forcing kids to go to work in dangerous jobs (to your point).

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          freedom from abusive homes, permitting them to go job hunting on their own

          While i see what you’re saying, i think the lede is buried. the important change in law is here:

          The state also no longer has to verify the age of those under 16 before they take a job.

          The state isn’t even checking how old these children are. And the younger a kid is, the more easily they are exploited. And the power dynamic between boss and kiddo is worse. All this will do is make kids easy to exploit

          I don’t have to tell y’all, right? How many hours got stolen from you as kids? Or what kind of crap did you put up with before you knew better?

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          Without laws letting child workers maintain their own bank account in their own name without parents being co owners allowed to drain it at any time, children working become money pinatas for abusive parents.

          I say this as someone who would have benefitted from being independent earlier. My uncle did have me work at 14, and when I went to the bank I found he had stolen every penny, and because I was a minor I had no legal recourse to get it back.

          A few years later the courts emancipated me, but it didn’t return the money he had stolen. Mind you, he was not working at the time himself and he got a few hundred from the state a month to care for me, and he spent what he stole on computer parts so he could game.

          Children working only is in the child’s benefit if there are ironclad laws allowing them to keep their money, and right now there is not.

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      Gov. Tim Walz signs universal school meals bill into law

      vs

      Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children

      I literally laughed out loud when I read the second headline. The kids faces says it all.