So let me get this straight. The US needs Migrants so much that we’re needing to replace them with teenagers?
Why did the children keep falling apart? Were they made of wet cardboard?
The front fell off
what’s the news here? They are basically using the same arguments the US used to not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Minors being the parents property is still an almost uncontroversial position in the US even if people don’t phrase it like that.
See also: the troubled teen industry. Ir parenting is too much work, you can send your kid to torture school.
I mean, that’s how it used to be when I was growing up.
The fact that “how it used to be” in your childhood produced a scumbag like you is a compelling argument to not let people’s childhoods be like that anymore.
“I was beaten as a child and I ended up fine” says man who beats children.
Next step: to the jails and concentration camps for slave labor.
You should pay more attention because we’ve already been doing that this whole time.
Good thing the north left a loophole in the constitution after the civil war just for a situation like this.
The bill would have permitted 16- and 17-year-olds to work overnight on school days and work longer than an eight-hour day before a school day. Some 14- and 15-year-olds would also have been allowed to work those hours.
This is a horrifying concept and a great way to keep kids uneducated so they keep voting for lying repubs when they get older.
Governor Ron DeSantis said during a panel discussion in March: “Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import them illegally, when, you know, teenagers used to work at these resorts, college students should be able to do this stuff? … What’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now? I mean, that’s how it used to be when I was growing up.”
They also used to work in factories where they’d get maimed and other high-risk environments. Shall we bring that back too, Governor Dipshit Fascist? Seriously, get fucked.
lol do American politicians seriously try to frame child labor laws as taking away parents rights?
When I was a kid, my mom was outraged that somebody made the statement, “children aren’t their parent’s property.”
So, yeahCurrently every politician making a name for themselves will frame anything they can in any way they can. Words have little meaning lately so you just say whatever the fuck you want and worry about the angle later.
It’s just embarrassing for people that this works on. So stupid.
Republican state Senator Jay Collins, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure was about parental rights: “We should let them say what’s best for their kids at 16- to 17-year-olds, that’s what we’re saying by this.”
Anyone who puts forth a measure aimed at “parental rights”, it’s always something that’s aimed at parents’ right to treat their children like property
statesparents rights!Why is it always about slavery?
"You should be able to give your child a job at a slave wage in awful conditions. That’s a parental decision.
“What if I want to give my child the opportunity to explore their gender identity? Thats a parental decision too.”
“Off to the gulag with you all.”
It would also have scrapped required 30-minute meal breaks
It’s a parent’s right to make sure their child works an 8 hour shift with no breaks! Breaks are socialism!
They’ve already scrapped mandatory water breaks for outside workers :(
Every one of these is always “Parent’s Rights Act” and the text is like “murdering your gay/trans 10-year-old is now totally legal”.
“My kids are in need of a proper traditional upbringing, which means locking them in a box and tenderizing them like veal, until they’re old enough to be sold at auction.”
Like how is the female property to keep the children in line if the children aren’t also property?
Do they even purify the drinking water in Florida? … or are people there just this stupid?
Like from the toilet?
This one goes in the mouth and this one… No, wait
Your kids are starving. Carl’s Jr. believes no child should go hungry. You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl’s Jr. Carl’s Jr… “Fuck You, I’m Eating.”
Go away, 'bating!
Large population of boomers with a lifetime of lead poisoning, and they vote.
Maybe that was the case 20 years ago, but today there native son Gen-X and Millennial shits are voting just as hard R as the old folks used to. I’ve been here the whole time and watched the whole state transition from “haha” dumb to “dude, wtf?” dumb.
I’m not giving them lead as a pass. There’s a huge swath of Boomers who are just shitass, toxic, hateful people. They never grew out of their angsty, entitled bitter selves, and most are broadly uneducated, and resentful despite failing upwards for 30-40 years as a confluence of luck.
I never said it was a pass. But it is something you must take into account.
We added fucking lead to everything back then. Even the fucking water lines and gasoline pumping it into every breath they took whether they wanted to or not. An entire generation fucked by lead without knowing it at the time.
Lead exposure has been shown to things like increased aggression. Which propaganda then takes to the next level by stoking artificial fear.
The way you phrase and articulate your statements reads like you are suggesting that lead is the culprit of Boomer behavior, and not deep character flaws and a broad sense of entitlement and narcissistic indulgences. Hence my rebuttal.
Oh no there’s a lot of bullshit with the boomers. Lead is just one of many things. It’s not all just because they’re assholes, there are some legitimate contributors that result in the extreme bullshit pie.
DeSantis just outlawed fluoride in water and my city just… went along with it. It’s the dumbest state and I can’t wait to leave.
Wait what? you actually want fluoride in your drinkwater???
I’m not the one you asked, but adding fluoride to tap water was a revolution in dental health, so yeah.
Just like most things, concentration matters. A little fluoride is very good for you. A lot of fluoride is bad for you. They put a “very good for you” amount in the water, and if you don’t get it from the water you should take supplements.
You may have seen conspiracy theories about fluoride addition which have existed since the 70s, but those have about as much credibility as chemtrails.
Don’t know about any conspiracy theories, but my take is tapwater should be as clean as possible without any additives. Fluoride is in fish, fruits, toothpaste, make sure you eat healthy enough so you don’t need your water source to be “contaminated”.
But I guess in the US and the food quality its better than nothing.
The introduction of flouride to drinking water saw a massive improvement in the public’s dental health across the board. It is still widely considered to be one of the greatest public health initiatives of the 20th century.
You should also keep in mind that drinking water always has some level of natural flouride in it. Just the concentration varies by region. Public health officials discovered that areas with higher amounts of natural flouride also had lower rates of cavities and tooth decay. So some cities have their water flouridated to bring their flouride content up to beneficial levels.
Adding fluoride to water is not US specific.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_country
I hear mercury is a tasty exotic beverage in Florida.
The place is surrounded by sea and riddled with swamps, how dare you try to homogonize all the tasty natural flavors.
Corrupt government. Look at the number of Senate votes against their district: https://digitaldemocracyproject.org/bills/employment-of-minors-hb1225-2025
Governor Ron DeSantis said during a panel discussion in March: “Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import them illegally, when, you know, teenagers used to work at these resorts, college students should be able to do this stuff? … What’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now? I mean, that’s how it used to be when I was growing up.”
And a lot of things were different for your great-great-grandparents, and yet here you are not living as they did, you cheesedick dumbfuck.
Paw… I think I got the black lung
Actually surprising that the Republicans didn’t just push it through as they have a majority, but one can be happy about every news story like that
This bill is completely disgusting and exploitative. We’re talking about Florida, though, so I expected it to pass.
I want to shove bamboo under the fingernails of that asshole who was likening child labor to a “part time job”.
…what about DeSantis Dachau?..plenty of labour there…
I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.
Oh, who could have foreseen that…
