The former billionaire, who inherited a coal mining business from his father, presides over a state where 29% of residents are on Medicaid

When Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia was asked about the Senate Republicans’ newly released portion of the proposed spending bill that requires parents of children older than 14 to work for Medicaid, he said, “biblically, we are supposed to work.”

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      1. the status of your child does not tell us whether or not you were a slave

      2. this is just false. Foreign slaves were kept for life.

      3. see 2

      4. somw slaves having a “better life” than some free people is a common whitewashing tactic, which doesn’t make it not slavery.

      5. having restrictions against the cruelest and most injust masters does not mean it isn’t slavery.