Child labor is child abuse, and those who participate in it should be held strictly accountable. The gutting of our child labor laws is a strategized predatory exploitation of unaccompanied minors. There should be more than civil penalties for this; there should be criminal ones. Financial penalty for harming a child would be seen by some as simply the cost of doing business.
More Perfect Union
 @MorePerfectUS
27 Oct 2023
With child labor violations rising dramatically, four Democratic Senators have introduced a bill to: - Increase the civil penalty from $11,000 to $151,380 - Increase the criminal fine from $10,000 to $750,000 - Increase the minimum child labor penalty to $75,000 And more.

Oct 27, 2023 · 6:18 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Its about time kids are being allowed back to work to do the jobs they love. I would like to see any kid that wants a job to have a job.
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If you're writing that on an iPhone are you not also complicit?
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Talk about the Gaza genocide !! This is pathetic
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Yes, it is. And, the law that exempts farm children because they are working for their parents should be repealed.
Replying to @marwilliamson
"Put your kids to work & make extra money! They don't need no education! Of course they don't, because educated people won't vote for us! Oops, did I say that out loud??" - GOP
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You want them unable to work so their parents must spend more hours working to support them, and leave them in the care of indoctrination centers - sorry, public schools - for more hours, so they become good little servants of the state. No.
Replying to @marwilliamson
You can thank your open border policies for it…and it would be way worse under you!
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Libertarian Party NH
 @LPNH
7 Jun 2021
Replying to @LPNH
Child labor laws don't prevent 4-year-olds from working in the coal mines, they prevent 14-year-olds from working in flower shops. fee.org/articles/the-labor-m…
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Context: 1788 White Men can vote 1870 Black Men can vote 1920 Women can vote 1924 Native Americans can vote 1938 Children under 16 could no longer work in coal mines or factories.
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What about the child labor in third world countries? You know, the ones who make the cheap goods that you buy in the US? Or the ones who are forced to work in the mines for the rare earth elements for your stupid EVs and “green” energy projects?
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