A proposed Florida law seeking to roll back restrictions on teenage labor was drafted by a far-right conservative think tank pushing similar efforts nationwide
A new measure in Florida aims to allow 16-year-old kids to drop out of school and work full time.
An amendment to HB 49 — offered by the bill’s author, state Rep. Linda Chaney ® — would eliminate laws that prevent 16 and 17-year-olds from working more than 30 hours a week, impose 8-hour workday restrictions, and guarantee mandated breaks every four hours.
The bill, introduced in September and now under review by the Florida House Regulatory Reform and Economic Development Subcommittee, would relegate 16 and 17-year-olds to virtually the same status as an employee who is over 18 years of age — provided that the teens have either formally dropped out of school or are taking classes online or at home. Furthermore, the bill would also severely curtail local municipalities’ ability to implement their own provisions to combat the workplace exploitation of minors.
They clearly want a dumb youth. Funny that if they get their way, they won’t even be around to see the state of the country by that point.
Now if only they could go after environmental laws too so we can go back to the good old days.
The great William Blake even wrote a poem immortalizing the joys of children working as chimney sweepers, and now we deny them of that.
Through hard labour and faith in Christianity, the children can reach their ultimate reward.
“the children yearn for the mines”
Ultimate Reward
A good pat on the head for a job well done.
In the poem it’s a black coffin and green fields in heaven.
If you pay them it will only make it harder for them to get into heaven, and who would want to deprive the children of their best chances of eternal joy?
Silicosis, dismemberment, Death. Death like symptoms?
Matt Gaetz was immediately on board after seeing the headline and then learned that it was about employment.
The one time Gaetz will agree with the left that sex work is work.
Once again, big bad government stands in the way of a job creator.
So how does a full time employee 16 year old protect their income from being taken by guardians? Can you get a checking account without a parent signing on? How does a 16 year old arrange for housing needs or set up accounts to pay utilities?
That’s not their problem. These lawmaker’s only concern is protecting the interests of the business owners they represent above their constituents, they couldn’t care less what happens to the kids their stripping labor protections from.
Give teenagers rights, but no one wants to do that. Adults like having an underclass they can exploit and abuse without consequence
The orphan-grinding machine demands cheap labor
How can anyone put their name to that and still look themselves in the mirror in the morning? Jesus christ, that’s ghoulish.
Jbfc that is so cruel. This is capitalism. We work long hours to survive. If we need children to do this, we have fucked up.
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But at least they won’t hear the word “gay”…
Republicans have horrible ideas. Stop voting for them.
It’s the only way they’ll make up the severe labor shortage when they scare off all the immigrants
