The Water Cooler

Obama wants to micro manage every aspect of our lives...

I'm not a liberal, but I'm also not so stupid as to blindly believe propaganda from either side (which is what that article clearly is).

Child agricultural labor laws have not been updated in 40 years. In response to some pretty compelling data that shows that children under 16 are far more likley than those 18+ to be involved in fatal farm equipment accidents, the DOL proposed revisions to child labor laws and released the proposal for public comment almost 8 months ago (why is this news now?). As a preliminary matter, the DOL has clearly stated that the revisions to these regulations do not apply to children working on farms owned soley or partially by their parents or guardians, but only to children working for pay for someone else. Secondly, the proposed revision only applies to children 15 and under. In other words, the proposed regulation only applies to children 15 and under working for pay on a farm which is not owned by their parents.

Further, the proposed new law only prohibits a limited list of activities which are grossly mischaracterized by your article. For example, the article suggests that a child employed on a family farm cannot use electronic devices (like a battery power screwdriver). The proposal actually states that if a child under sixteen is going to operate "power-driven equipment" on a non-family farm, that equipment must meet heightened safety standards (i.e. modern rollover equipment, seatbelts, etc.).

I guess I fail to see how a regulation which prohibits paying a 14 year old minimum wage to drive a 1978 tractor without a rollover guard is "liberal."

The language is a little too vague in the proposal, but people getting their panties in a wad because they think the government is trying to prevent you from making your kid wash the dishes is ridiculous. The goal of the proposal is to make sure 14 year olds aren't going around driving some top-heavy piece of heavy farm equipment built in the 70's then rolling the damn thing into a ditch and killing themselves. Some jobs aren't meant for kids. Let the adults play with the big toys.

Liar. You know you read the whole thing. You just don't have a response and you're slightly embarrassed for blindly lapping up propaganda just like the "liberals" you mock.

It is what it is. Your opinion definitely doesn't matter because you're borderline retarded.

FIFY

How do you know if your views are correct if you refuse to ever think critically? You refuse to consider, much less read, any view which is opposed to your own.

And why the venom towards anyone who disagrees with you?

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”

Yeah! A kid can really hurt himself using a flashlight. It's all about controlling ever aspect of our lives because people who have never worked anywhere outside of a University know better than all those dummies that are out there actually working and paying taxes.