Obama to ban kids from farming

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by jeffmo

Under the rules, most children under 18 could no longer work "in the storing, marketing and transporting of farm product raw materials."
"Prohibited places of employment," a Department press release read, "would include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions."

seriously,some of these places of work are not for underaged workers.

Perhaps, but that decision is NOT and should NOT be the US Governments ...that decision should rest entirely with the child and the parents of the child. When I see 14 year old kids able to do backflips on 250cc motorcycles in the name of fun, then a little work back on the farm doesn't sound so bad to me. The last thing we need is another government regulation telling us what we, as parents, can and cannot do with our children. Accidents will always happen. When they do, it's a tragic thing for sure, but it's also a part of life. We cannot turn an entire industry upside down just to possibly prevent a few people from getting injured. For some people, that are trying to keep people from getting hurt, it's a noble ambition, and is to be applauded... but hiding in the wings is an entirely different set of people that champion crusades like this, and all the while they are congratulating themelves on how they now control another group of people.