An effort to expand the hours 14- and 15-year-old employees in Ohio can work was stymied Wednesday after Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill passed with overwhelming GOP support.
From what I remember, the bill’s author said something like “children are helping support the household income, and this will let them do that more” and it’s like, they’re so close to finding the real problem (families can’t get by even on 2 incomes now), but instead of addressing that problem they just go “better exploit children of desperate families even more!”
They’re doing this shit in Arkansas and it’s pretty clear they want young folks skipping college, getting knocked up at 17, back in the yoke with a new little worker on the way. No time to think about anything but what you’re fed, always hungry and always grinding.
Why are the kids working
From what I remember, the bill’s author said something like “children are helping support the household income, and this will let them do that more” and it’s like, they’re so close to finding the real problem (families can’t get by even on 2 incomes now), but instead of addressing that problem they just go “better exploit children of desperate families even more!”
They’re doing this shit in Arkansas and it’s pretty clear they want young folks skipping college, getting knocked up at 17, back in the yoke with a new little worker on the way. No time to think about anything but what you’re fed, always hungry and always grinding.
Because kids are easier to bullshiat into working around toxic chemicals and dangerous machines that can maim or kill them.
Bootstraps won’t pull themselves!