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With the help of Dana Carvey who remembers what things were like in ‘his day,’when I can attest that it was uphill both to and from school, Rachel Maddow investigates a harrowing trend. Who would dream that Republicans could seriously wish to reinstate child labor? Of course minimum wage would go by the wayside next, and public schools would be completely eliminated. Those who can’t afford to go to private school, might as well work hey? We just saw the ugly tip of this iceberg in Wisconsin, which I hope served as a warning to other unions. Rather than place their focus on the creation of jobs, some lawmakers seem determined to set up an ignorant, underpaid class of peasants.