Repugs going after child labor laws

[trenchfoot]

The self-described disgruntled conservative castoffs of the nation that somehow have been made to feel victimized by "the system" and "the establishment" of which their own legislators are an integral part of but by some miracle aren't in their eyes (lol) found their champion in Trump because this was the guy that could and did stick it to "the system" no matter how many laws and protocols he broke and violated, Constitution be damned. All that matters is that he delivers the hurt and the revenge....for them.

They stick with Trump because there is no one else that would do the things he does in the ways he does it, like stealing highly classified documents and refusing to give them up. In his cult followers eyes he was "sticking it to the man" for them and "stuck it to the man again" for them by fomenting an insurrection. Never mind that the only person he was and always is concerned about is himself. They like to believe he's bucking the system for them because Trump tells them that and they in turn believe that chronic liar because it's sweet music to their ears.

All Trump has really being doing is playing his supporters for suckers by getting them to help him fulfill his own needs and selfish desires. But what has he done for them in real and meaningful ways one might ask? More jobs? Shrunk the deficit? Passed an infrastructure bill? Expanded NATO? Built a wonderful impenetrable wall and have Mexico pay for it? Passed a much better health plan than Obamacare? Permanent substantial tax cuts for the working class? Bring back millions of jobs from overseas? But then that's not nice to ask them questions like that now is it?

 

[trenchfoot]

dbl post

 

[iRONic]

No problem. It is a great post! I would have even read it twice.

 

[iRONic]

Tennessee, Virginia, Iowa, Wisconsin,… it doesn't really matter where these corporations base their operations, they are using minors to increase profits.

US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouses | Child labor | The Guardian

 

[Fenixgoon]

Tennessee, Virginia, Iowa, Wisconsin,… it doesn't really matter where these corporations base their operations, they are using minors to increase profits.

US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouses | Child labor | The Guardian

If the fines were less than the profits, then it's just a cost of business. Child labor fines should be brutally punishing.

 

[NWRMidnight]

If the fines were less than the profits, then it's just a cost of business. Child labor fines should be brutally punishing.

all crimes should be fined more than they made from the criminal act. That's the problem though, most are not fined even a fraction of the profits they make from the criminal act. So it's considered normal business, and they won't make a change until the bean counter's tell them it's not profitable anymore.

How all fines SHOULD work, is every victim should be fully compensated at the rate of a minimum of 1.5 times their monitoary losses, plus pain and suffering, including interest, AND a fine that is a minimum of 150% of of revenue generated by the criminal acts. When it comes to violating child labor laws, not only should there be such fines, and restitution, but also jail time for any portion of the labor laws that puts a minors health and safety at risk, and/or using minors to do work that is specifically prohibitted. All settlements, admitting no guilt, should be no less than each victim receiving full compensation for money loss, not the pennies on the dollar that happens today, and child labor violations should not have a settlement option ever.

Right now, most fines are a slap on the hand, and the majority of them go to the government, not the victims.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Well yea, if corporations are people, we should put them in jail