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 Post subject: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:07 pm 
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http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/25/rural ... rm-chores/



The new regulations, first proposed August 31 by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, would also revoke the government’s approval of safety training and certification taught by independent groups like 4-H and FFA, replacing them instead with a 90-hour federal government training course.


"Children employed in agriculture are some of the most vulnerable workers in America," said Solis. "Ensuring their welfare is a priority of the department, and this proposal is another element of our comprehensive approach."

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 Post subject: Re: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
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My dad kept a garden growing up; about an acre and a half of beans, corn, tomatoes, okra, etc. Of course he had me out there "helping" him in the spring & summer. I hated every single minute of that crap.

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 Post subject: Re: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
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You'll never really put a stop to it. Most of the family farms in the upper plains states only manage to get by through family effort. It isn't uncommon, once the kids move out, to sell the farm and move to town.


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McParadigm wrote:
You'll never really put a stop to it. Most of the family farms in the upper plains states only manage to get by through family effort. It isn't uncommon, once the kids move out, to sell the farm and move to town.


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 Post subject: Re: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
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You'll never really put a stop to it. Most of the family farms in the upper plains states only manage to get by with massive federal subsidies. It isn't uncommon, once the kids move out, to sell the farm and move to town.


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 Post subject: Re: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
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How utterly stupid. Every kid should work on a farm to know what real work is like.

One of the best things that ever happened to me was picking apples on a farm. It was the foundation for my work ethic, taught me about money, managing money, and so many other things.

We might as well just ban kids from working period.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with working on a family farm, or working on a farm at all.

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 Post subject: Re: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
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Here's one of these idiotic Republican senators spouting the usual right wing paranoia about "If the Federal Government can do this what really is off limits?"
Of course he's appearing on Hitler's favorite station, FNC (who else would have him?).

People, I suggest emailing this d-bag and setting him straight:

It is the federal government's DUTY to protect our children!

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 Post subject: Re: Feds move to ban farm chores for children
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Yeah I guarantee not one of the people behind this thing ever worked on a farm as a kid.

If every kid worked on a farm for a summer or two, this country wouldn't be full of so many p*ssies.

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i worked on a farm for three consecutive summers during my middle/high school years and still turned out to be a bit of a dandy

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Alex wrote:
i worked on a farm for three consecutive summers during my middle/high school years and still turned out to be a bit of a dandy

Yeah well I lived next to a farm growing up and look what happened to me.

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Man in Black wrote:

It is the federal government's DUTY to protect our children!



Yup. Gives the kids more time to run to the store for skittles and ice tea.

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i had lots of chores when i was a kid, and now i dont do shit. take that, parents!

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Kids that do more chores will learn valuable lessons they can apply to life as an adult.

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