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FirstLight

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11. feels more sinister than that ...

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 11:29 AM

Jul 28

Wouldn't this also allow the corporations who will be 'renting out' detainees for labor to declare them contract workers...? therefore the corporations can get kickbacks and slave labor becomes legal?

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The House, after announcing going on recess, instead went behind locked doors and created H.R.1319 ... [View all] aggiesal Jul 28 OP

This affects OSHA regulations too. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 28 #1

How can they shut down the House to avoid a vote on the Epstein list and still Baitball Blogger Jul 28 #2

i don't think they passed this, they just created it. committees can still operate during a recess. unblock Jul 28 #4

Okay, thank you. Baitball Blogger Jul 28 #6

I'm sure they'll be washing their hair that day. unblock Jul 28 #8

Oversight. usonian Jul 28 #9

So , would a 'contract worker' be someone dweller Jul 28 #3

Currently a contractor can only work for a set period of time, determined by the employee ... aggiesal Jul 28 #5

Perhaps also a way to expand pass-through income Bristlecone Jul 28 #7

What is pass-through income? n/t aggiesal Jul 28 #10

Older article, but the second paragraph is what I was referring to Bristlecone Jul 28 #21

feels more sinister than that ... FirstLight Jul 28 #11

Could be in the plan. That's a pretty dark place to go, so expect them to be thinking of it. erronis Jul 28 #14

"Now, there is no doubt, the Senate (D)'s will block this" mdbl Jul 28 #12

Called my rep Wild blueberry Jul 28 #13

My stupid rep is Lisa McClain in Michigan. llmart Jul 28 #15

"Ha ha. American worker-bee suckers. Ha ha." - G.O.P., Inc BoRaGard Jul 28 #16

"But we gave you racism and hatred of LGBQT+ people not fooled Jul 28 #17

So then we are all subcontractors and we have to negotiate our own rates? hadEnuf Jul 28 #18

The video is wrong. It was not passed by the house, only in committee. Wiz Imp Jul 28 #19

Thanks for the background ... aggiesal Jul 28 #20