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Politics
Kelly McClure

Lethal child abuse saves money?

Rep. David Eastman was censured by the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday after presenting an argument that fatal child abuse saves the government money.

Seated at a committee hearing, Eastman stated "In the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it's not good for the child, but it's actually a benefit to society because there aren't needs for government services and whatnot over the whole course of that child's life."

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