Posted on 12/19/2011 1:52:51 PM PST by Graybeard58
This legislation is intended to further the interest of large factory farms and squash small family farms.
I sure wouldn’t want to be the one to tell my 6-yr-old boy that he doesn’t get to drive the tractor until he’s 18... it could get really ugly really fast.
If there are any honest liberals left, think about this situation here. More government almost always favors the big guy and crushes the small guy. This is not the exception it is the rule. Are we really making the world a better place with all these over-reaching regulations?
That would end 4-H and FFA.
Who the F are they?
I grew up working summers on my Grandparent’s farm. It taught me a great work ethic, paid for my school clothes, and gave me a sense of independence. They are making the work out to be high risk. It’s probably more dangerous to be spotted on the street with your ipod showing.
I was in the cotton field at age five. By age 8 I was picking cotton. Every kid I grew up with drove a tractor from the time he (or she) was 12 years old if his daddy was a farmer.
good question, they are ANOTHER federal funded non productive agency looking for more money:
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/default.aspx?page=nccrahs_welcome
National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety strives to enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments.
The National Children’s Center receives funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. In 2008, the center received a five-year, $4.6 million competitive grant to expand its initiatives related to injury prevention on farms. The project period runs through September 2013.
The projects funded cover a variety of research, education, intervention, prevention, translation and outreach to enhance the health and safety of children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments. The funding allows the Center to provide a wide range of services related to children and adolescents living in rural areas and working in agricultural environments.
The National Children’s Center staff has advanced training in injury prevention, health promotion, agricultural safety and related topics.
Are we really making the world a better place with all these over-reaching regulations?
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/NCCRAHS/
“The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety strives to enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments.
The National Children’s Center receives funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. In 2008, the center received a five-year, $4.6 million competitive grant to expand its initiatives related to injury prevention on farms. The project period runs through September 2013.
The projects funded cover a variety of research, education, intervention, prevention, translation and outreach to enhance the health and safety of children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments. The funding allows the Center to provide a wide range of services related to children and adolescents living in rural areas and working in agricultural environments.
The National Children’s Center staff has advanced training in injury prevention, health promotion, agricultural safety and related topics.”
That explains it. They are trying to justify their federal funding and their existence.
Here is their “explanation” of the proposed law changes:
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/proxy/MCRF-Centers-NCMF-NCCRAHS-ChildLaborFactSheet_Sept_2011.1.pdf
Here is their “explanation” of the proposed law changes:
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/proxy/MCRF-Centers-NCMF-NCCRAHS-ChildLaborFactSheet_Sept_2011.1.pdf
You beat me to it. You compose faster than I do.
They don’t want kids working on the family farm because 1) they want farming taken over by huge corporations and 2) they want the work done by illegal aliens.
In the third world, maybe, I worked in agri products for over twenty years. I can't recall of ever hearing of a kid killed doing farm work. I saw a teenager lose a finger because he didn't turn off the PTO, before he attempted to fix a chain drive.
They don’t want kids working on the family farm because 1) they want farming taken over by huge corporations and 2) they want the work done by illegal aliens.
And huge corporations are more easily controlled by the unelected bureaucrats in Washington.
You can’t unionize farm kids -
their farm parents don’t want the forced union dues going to Rat’s campaigns, plus unions are for collectivist cowards, are anti-competitive, & stupid.
(hope I’ve explained all issues in one sentence)
Oh, it is legislation NOT passed for the benefit of those legislated upon - but for the increased profitability of major factory farms?
Ok then, they have better lobbyists so they should get the legislation they want./s
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