@Virgo79 Mandatory isn't the point. It's that it shouldn't be allowed in the first place. Laws against child labor were hard fought over the course of the 20th century for a reason. If adults don't want to work low paying jobs with poor conditions and no benefits, then the "market" says the solution is kids need to fill those jobs? That is a warped labor market.

@trackboy i don't think theres that much work available after school hrs

That is all very true, @trackboy.
The party that is all about the fate of parasitic cells, have no trouble exploiting poor, unrepresented children.
Do you see a correlation in that?

@Carla capitalism is exploitation. Bipartisan failure.

@Carla or some will (This was in Hillsboro OR) a woman was getting $200 a month from 3-5 guys to hump her 12 year old, who got pregnant.

@CountScrofula the democrats are in power 😂 maga hasn’t been in power for half a decade

@DeluxedEdition This is about state-level laws not federal policy. Shit in Arkansas and Ohio or wherever. Granted the Democrats are deliberately useless in stopping this stuff, but they aren't driving it.

@deadgerbil Like how they think drag queen story hour is an abomination yet sending children to work is okay.

There is not a word in the English language to properly describe what dickwads the republicans are.

@SW-User I do not know why they would even want to be here if they would have to do such jobs.

@CestManan Unfortunately for some it’s still an opportunity that they don’t have in their home country and the money they can send back may be worth it. But from what I’ve read, they often end up stuck in a bad situation that they weren’t planning on, though (lured over the border by promises of something better that didn’t work out that way).

@SW-User The "American Dream" still lives on even though it's nothing but a false narrative to keep the status quo in place because people think they will be rich one day or something.

@DearAmbellina2113 I lived in a blue state 20 years,,most of my pay check went for rent,,I moved east to a red state pay was good, rent, gas, food,,,with in 5 years i bought land and a home,,5 years later was paid for,,,,

@SW-User I think a lot of us as teenagers had such jobs. It is not horrible work really.

@SW-User character building.

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy I would say all, but of those, the corporations have the most control.

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy Corporations carry the biggest blame, then the countries and then the consumer since it is very expensive to consume fairtrade or locally made products.

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy I can’t vote to stop it in any other countries. And if the U.S. is still bragging about leading the world in human rights, how can they justify doing what those other countries do ?

@jackrabbit10 I said commas, not condoms. You really need to take a literacy course or something bc this is ridiculous

@Gloomy good talking,,I have to go cut some wood,so i can cook supper,,❤️

@deadgerbil just funning witheee,,,,,

@Expressman the lack of immigrants is a reason they're citing for doing this.

@Carla It's all talk at this point....there's always talk about silly things....Given that the government can't get anything passed on good things like national health care, I'm pretty confident they can't get that law set changed.

@originnone state laws. These things are happening. And if/when these bills are signed and are opposed, it will go to an alt right supreme court. They will argue states rights.
Parents rights.
Read this. Can't post a link but it is easily accessible.

@Carla You may be right then.

@CestManan Here’s an example of what’s going on in Iowa:

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/iowa-senate-child-labor-law

@SW-User So what short amount of time the kids have to be kids, the republicans want to take more of that away by sending them into labor or whatever jobs?

It seems strange how they want to "protect" kids from things like drag queen story hour but NOT protect kids when it comes to things like having to work.

If a teenager WANTS to work for spending money or save for their first car that is one thing but the jobs and hours need to be limited.

I remember when we were in high school and wanted to get jobs, thinking it would be so great (how little we knew) our parents were like, "You have the rest of your lives to work."

It seems funny also how supposedly so many jobs are off shore, automated, and eliminated YET there is a labor shortage?
Well if all these jobs are obsolete then there should not be a labor shortage, right?

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout I don’t know, I’m more concerned with the price of tea in China.

@bijouxbroussard not the welfare of living children. After birth they are pretty much on their own. What better group of people to exploit?