To read later.
If you teach kids in their formative years that they aren't allowed to work, is it any surprise when they reach working age that they don't think they should have to?
It says (in the 2nd paragraph): “The proposed regulations would not apply to children working on farms owned by their parents.”
So I am not sure what the big alarm is and what this has to do with the quote under the photo which talks about regulating the relationship between parents and their children on their own family’s farm.
Its really an assault on food production. There will be disastrous consequences from this.
Scarce farm labor will already be made even more scarce. Who will it benefit? Illegals? Unions? Will they benefit at all? Food production will be hurt BIG TIME by this, and I can’t believe the apparatchiks in DC don’t already know this.
I used to read about the Ag. policies of the Soviet Union and China and naively think, “how could they be so stupid?” I realized only much later that their policies weren’t about new ways of production or efficiency - they were all about control and politics.
Obama is no different.
Energy production, farming, and manufacturing are as necessary to a nation as air, water, and food are for the body.
They’re being gang raped by every federal agency that can find a reason.
I don’t think the vast majority of American farmers even care what Hilda Soliz has to say about the way they operate their businesses. Whether it be family or private.
Government loves and cares more for our children than us parents do.
I ponder any time I hear "we are a free country" these days.
I’m in the middle of $7000 and acre corn belt midwest and
this is pissing people off big time. It’s one of the main
topics of local radio. Nothing unusual to see a petite blond
high school girl who isn’t old enough to get a drivers
license driving a monster 8 wheel tractor down the road.
What about 4-H Club livestock projects.
These people are certifiably insane. If more kids grew up on a farm they would learn how to work and wouldn’t be looking for hand outs. I was driving a tractor as soon as my feet and legs could work the pedals
Makes me want to scream!
I was working in dark leaf tobacco when I was in my early teens (early 60’s) on farms not owned by my parents. We used to get off a couple of weeks from the start of school, as I remember, to harvest the tobacco (backbreaking work). Not much pay, basically a few bucks, lunch, and plenty of water to drink. We got a new pair of coveralls every year at Christmas. By the end of the harvest they would stand up on their own because of the tar. Thats why I never smoked.
Say good bye to 4-H and FFA.
My 15 year old granddaughter is better with a Bobcat and
tractor than most men 20-70, I’d be willing to bet.
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Gee Whiz...I was 13 years old and was able to make 5 Cents a quart picking strawberries on an area farm. This was in the 50’s. I was pleased to have the spending money.
I can’t believe where this country is going. I was raised in an average middle class home. We weren’t needy. But I wanted to make some money on my own. No one made me do it. Today....I would not be allowed to do this. What kind of nation is this?
This should be fun to watch...sorta like the revenooers coming to town. Gonna be impossible to enforce and I don’t know a lot of people who would even try to enforce it. When the cows need milked I guess there will be an agent there checking for Birth Certificates. I guess they could get around it by telling the govt they were just going into the barn for a campaign speech and not to actually milk the cow.
For those who don’t think you need equipment to milk a cow try mucking out the barn when your done without a Bobcat. See you round midnight.
You know...this is not just an attack on American farmers...this is an attack on socio cultural values where a kid could earn extra money not ‘handed’ to him/her. There is more behind this type of regulation than meets the eye.
A lot of young boys around here spend their summers working on farms to earn extra money.Many start at 13 or 14 throwing hay or helping drive equipment during harvest.These are not family cars they work on but farms that know many of these kids otherwise won’t have a lot of money for school clothing or for extras like having cash for insurance so they can have a car.Things their families just can’t afford to provide.This will hurt many of those kids.
Jimmy! Feed the dog!
Sorry, Mom... Under Federal regulations, I am not permitted to work with the livestock. You’ll have to do it yourself.
Oh, and cleaning up after Fido... That is definitely against the rules!