Labor dept. backs off rule to limit farm work by kids

MN Public Radio ^ | Jon Collins, Minnesota Public Radio

[Shady]

Again, they will wait until they have more “flexibility” to do this, actually they will just confiscate the farms for the collective when they are entrenched for life.

[j_tull]

prohibit young people from working on family farms and participating in agriculture education programs including Future Farmers of America and 4-H.

Wow, that's the first I've seen of the bold part. FFA and 4H, suppressed as subversives. Can the Ministry of Truth be far behind?

[bcsco]

Had the general manager of a large grain company speak at a meeting this week. He was really outspoken about what’s going on in Washington regarding agriculture. He said 80% of farmers want the government off their back. They don’t need or want the subsidies any more, and just want a free market in which to operate.

[PGR88]

Another alphabet soup Govt Dept. that needs to be eliminated.

[unixfox]

Yes, ultimately, they want to take over the farms.

And everything else. They want to pit neighbor against neighbor, children against parents, brother against brother.

A world where nobody can trust anybody and everybody is dependant on the government.

Utopia.

[Farmer Dean]

The Amish would simply ignore the ruling.

[AmericanExceptionalist]

It's probably just as well that they backed off.

I seriously doubt that too many states would have meekly fallen in line, anyway.

About a month ago, for instance, the Tennessee House passed, by a whopping 70-24 vote--almost three-to-one!--a bill that would require the state of Tennessee to ignore these federal regualations.

[Wisconsinlady]

“The Amish would have been hit hard by this ruling.”

I’m just curious. Do the Amish vote? If not, I wish they would consider it this time!

[theDentist]

Check back on it in 6 months and see if they’ve begun implementing it after all. Never trust these bast****.

[mdmathis6]

I think the Amish and others like them may have been specifically targeted though many other farm families of various stripes would have been affected as well.

[mdmathis6]

The Amish do vote.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****From the article: Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn, released a statement expressing relief about the withdrawal of the rule, which he said "would have had a negative impact on our state's ag community."****

I didn't know that Hollywood had an ag community.

[Vaquero]

Labor dept. backs off rule to limit farm work by kids

Good news, but I’m still livid at the very thought.

they are waiting till after the ‘re-election’ to implement it...then all bets are off...

which I will hold my nose with a springy clothespin and vote for whomever the Republican nominee is.