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FL wants more child labor (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40897823

Because the existing workforce keeps getting deported.

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[+] refalo@programming.dev -14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Georgia (and probably many other states) already doesn't have restrictions for 16 and 17 year olds, and the rest of these things are just choices that each business can make on their own. Plus it's not like the workers are being forced... if they don't like the conditions they are free to leave.

I really don't see why there is such an outrage over giving businesses more choice in how they want to operate. The employees already have the choice to work there or find somewhere else that aligns with what they want.

[–] Bread_and_Circuses@reddthat.com 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Take your ba somewhere else. Worker protections have been proven necessary over and over again. This is a devolution of progressive society. Saying that these policies are already active elsewhere shouldn't be an endorsement of their success rather than an indictment on Georgia still meeting to get their shit together. If a family finds it necessary for their 14 year old to work overnights to survive that's not exactly a point of pride for country

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

If a family finds it necessary for their 14 year old to work overnights to survive that’s not exactly a point of pride for country

Would you prefer they not be allowed to survive?

[–] MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

not like the workers are being forced

Are you serious though, I just want to make crystal clear you’re really this stupid

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

like this?

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago

The children yearn for the deep fryers.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are there any mines in Florida? I’ve heard that the children yearn for them.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Lots of phosphorus mines

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Gator mines.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

What a shit hole

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Maybe it will move shootings out of school.