Obama Regulatory Regime Nixes Teens' Farm Jobs

icedancer2theend said:
This is why the nanny state needs to be curtailed!


Like baseball and apple pie, teenagers working on farms is part of the American way of life in rural areas, conjuring up iconic images of sunny afternoons baling hay in a spirit of camaraderie, downing the occasional soda or glass of lemonade together. Teens learn to work responsibly and earn money while they work close to home in an environment they enjoy while benefiting the small, local farmer. But the Department of Labor (DOL) is revising its child labor laws so stringently that anyone 16 and under will be forbidden from seeking employment on farms due to safety concerns.

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I used to enjoy working on my neighbor's farm. The occasional glimpse of his daughter spurred me on.
 
apple0154 said:
I bet none of you had to walk uphill all the way to school and uphill all the way home, too!
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Ya wanna hear a good one?

My grandfather actually told me...and he claimed this was 100% truth...that when he was a little boy, he had to sleep in the attic that had no insulation and in the winter it got so cold that icicles would hang down off the exposed roofing nails!
 
I grew up on a farm....far back as I can remember I had chores to do......everyone in the community worked summers "walking beans" to get the weeds out of the crops.....

liberals are right....because of that I grew up all fucked up everywhich way......fortunately by the time I married I came to my senses and I've voted Republican every year since......
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Ya wanna hear a good one?

My grandfather actually told me...and he claimed this was 100% truth...that when he was a little boy, he had to sleep in the attic that had no insulation and in the winter it got so cold that icicles would hang down off the exposed roofing nails!
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not surprising.....my father used to say that the water in the pitcher on the dresser used to freeze overnight on especially cold winter nights.....given the fact that temperatures can get to 50 below in Iowa winters and houses in those days had no insulation and were heated by a gravity fed furnace burning corn cobs it isn't unbelievable......
 
Schadenfreude said:
your first line shows that you have no intent of joining debate, just spouting off

as for farms and attendant skills required, i suspect that those kids went on to college rather than stay on the farm

if you think that farm living is so good, why do you not live on a farm and do farm work - try it some time, i have
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My first line applies to your response again! I started the thread- YOU are the one who said this is a non issue because family farms are basically non existent...making you a blathering idiot. It matters not that kids may choose to return and run the farm or find a different career. The POINT is that the government has no authority to interfere in the family farm! I have lived on a farm- I have friends who have farms, and I KNOW they require hard work. Now, idiot, what is YOUR point?
 
Dungheap said:
Just immediate family, which is the way it has been for decades.

Just on their family's farm, which, again, is the way it has been for decades.

I really don't think you grasp either what the current regulations say or how the proposed regulations will change current law and practice.
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Kids learn how to run equipment on their family farms- they then go and get jobs with those skills on the neighbors farm etc. The government has NO business interfering at all.
 
icedancer2theend said:
This is why the nanny state needs to be curtailed!


Like baseball and apple pie, teenagers working on farms is part of the American way of life in rural areas, conjuring up iconic images of sunny afternoons baling hay in a spirit of camaraderie, downing the occasional soda or glass of lemonade together. Teens learn to work responsibly and earn money while they work close to home in an environment they enjoy while benefiting the small, local farmer. But the Department of Labor (DOL) is revising its child labor laws so stringently that anyone 16 and under will be forbidden from seeking employment on farms due to safety concerns.

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Icedancer complaining about child labor being banned.
 
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