Party like it's 1910

[sabotabby]

Via symbioid: A Missouri Republican senator wants to repeal child labour laws.

Really.

* This act modifies the child labor laws.
* It eliminates the prohibition on employment of children under age fourteen.
* Restrictions on the number of hours and restrictions on when a child may work during the day are also removed.
* It also repeals the requirement that a child ages fourteen or fifteen obtain a work certificate or work permit in order to be employed.
* Children under sixteen will also be allowed to work in any capacity in a motel, resort or hotel where sleeping accommodations are furnished.
* It also removes the authority of the director of the Division of Labor Standards to inspect employers who employ children and to require them to keep certain records for children they employ.
* It also repeals the presumption that the presence of a child in a workplace is evidence of employment.

I think this whole steampunk historical fetishism thing has gone too far.

Comments

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

Hey we're gonna wind up a 3rd world country anyway, why not go all the way, fuck it.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

Well youre canadian, by "we" i mean the usa

[northbard.livejournal.com]

I put it to you that Missouri and South Dakota are in a competition to see who can propose the most offensive laws or bills.

It could just be that they're trying to be the new Home of Disney Moviemaking.

[laughingimp.livejournal.com]

Wisconsin doesn't seem to be all that far behind.

[thebigbadbutch.livejournal.com]

At least the libertarians are relatively consistent. They are ruining my country but at least they are consistent.

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

Oh god no. They've got a bill to repeal the minimum wage here in Nevada (it's 7.85 p/h now).

Every state should be like Wisconsin right now, I'm heartened by the resistance going on there (people are practically besieging the capitol in protest marches).

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how happy I am about this. As a Wisconsinite, I've been very disheartened by Walker and his attempts at what I thought was merely trolling, but this Unionbusting bullshit really pissed me off. And to see people fighting back and inspiring other states to push back is wonderful)

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

He see's how low union membership is and how weak the unions are now and he's going for the kill.

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

Thankfully we're pushing back (I'm not a union-member, but support them) He thought his Kochsucking Teabaggers were some sign of god. Little does he know what he's up against.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/join-my-high-school-newspaper

[nichtsda.livejournal.com]

Does the Missouri senator read Shorpy? Any time there's a picture of an 8 year old with a factory job, half of the commenters fap over how great it was when little kids did an honest 12 hours' work with dangerous machinery.

The site owner appears to be a child-labor-nostalgia-waxing dick, too. I smell a libertarian.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've met the type.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Everybody knows that child labour laws were a communist plot to diminish the labour supply so that unions so bilk the poor business owner.

[stoneself.livejournal.com]

you might find this interesting. i do not vouch for the comments.

http://politics.dreamwidth.org/84486.html

[ironed_orchid]

FFS

Who do I have to kill this to convince people whos is a stupid idea.

[kappsgurl.livejournal.com]

I do kinda wish my 13 year old cousin could get a job and do something more productive than hanging out on Facebook all day and fawning over Justin Bieber .

Be patient!

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Five more years and she can be legally kicked to the street and left to die.

[tanyahp.livejournal.com]

There's already one market at least that doesn't mind employing child labor: http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/globalissues-stp