suitanim
11-30-2011, 11:07 AM
Bear in mind that one of the main reasons people used to have so many kids was to provide free/cheap labor....on the family farm. And that the only reason there is no school in the summer is so kids can work........on the family farm. This is just more of the same, nanny-state government intrusion, butting in where they have no right to be, making decisions about things they have no real-World experience or expertise in (but still believing that they know best), and overstepping the bounds of the constitution...again.
Some of the mandates here are laughable. Children can only operate tractors or heavy equipment under the supervision of an adult. Well, if there is an adult, wouldn't they just operate the equipment anyway? This will end up costing farmers...we cannot get rid of this idiot in the WH soon enough.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20111128_11_A1_ULNSeg513495
Every day after school, Matt Muller's four children come home to help on Martha Valley Farms, the land in Jackson County that has been in the family for 25 years. Sometimes their cousin, Muller's nephew, comes home with them.
If the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed changes to child labor regulations go into effect, it would be illegal for his nephew to continue lending a hand, Muller said. Changes would also prevent other young family members from spending the summer on Martha Valley and would stop the children from helping their grandfather plant and irrigate his farm, Muller said.
The department is seeking comments through Dec. 1 on proposed changes that would stop children under 16 from doing what are considered to be the most dangerous farming jobs. Proposed changes include prohibiting young teens from riding on a tractor, herding and branding cattle, working inside a grain silo, working more than six feet off the ground and working with pesticides.
Some of the mandates here are laughable. Children can only operate tractors or heavy equipment under the supervision of an adult. Well, if there is an adult, wouldn't they just operate the equipment anyway? This will end up costing farmers...we cannot get rid of this idiot in the WH soon enough.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20111128_11_A1_ULNSeg513495
Every day after school, Matt Muller's four children come home to help on Martha Valley Farms, the land in Jackson County that has been in the family for 25 years. Sometimes their cousin, Muller's nephew, comes home with them.
If the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed changes to child labor regulations go into effect, it would be illegal for his nephew to continue lending a hand, Muller said. Changes would also prevent other young family members from spending the summer on Martha Valley and would stop the children from helping their grandfather plant and irrigate his farm, Muller said.
The department is seeking comments through Dec. 1 on proposed changes that would stop children under 16 from doing what are considered to be the most dangerous farming jobs. Proposed changes include prohibiting young teens from riding on a tractor, herding and branding cattle, working inside a grain silo, working more than six feet off the ground and working with pesticides.