State Senator Jane Cunningham Wants to Put Missouri Kids to Work

[roxiejules]

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/02/jane_cunningham_child_labor_missouri_bill.php - via River Front Times

Jane Cunningham (R - West County) believes Missouri kids need to improve their work ethic so she's sponsoring a bill (SB 222) that would repeal much of the state's child labor laws.

According to the bill's official summary, children under the age of 14 would no longer be barred from employment. They'd also be able to work all hours of the day, no longer need a work permit from their school and be able to work at motels and resorts so long as they're given a place to lay their weary heads each night. Moreover, businesses that employ children would no longer be subject to inspections from the Division of Labor Standards.

In an interview yesterday with the St. Louis Beacon, Cunningham defended her legislation by nothing that her two sons -- now adults -- both held jobs as minors and are today better for it.

"My aim is to put back some common sense," Cunningham told the Beacon. "We're not doing students any favor by telling them, 'You cannot work.' "


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[chowhound]

1. this is what happens when dems stay home on voting day

[zalinda]

8. That's bull !

This is what happens when Democrats act like repub lite. If there were real Democrats running, people would come out and vote for them. Look how many came out to vote when they thought Obama was a real dem.

zalinda

[Sherman A1]

9. Precisely

You hit the nail on the head.

[yurbud]

12. this is what happens when Dem pols don't put enough daylight between themselves and GOP

the GOP feels emboldened to go even farther right.

[LoisB]

2. Child Labor

Why stop there? How about just roll all laws back to 1850? Does she really want a 12 year-old working on an oil rig or in a coal mine?

[n2doc]

3. Does this have any serious support there?

Or is she a lone nutcase? We have a few of those here in Georgia. They get headlines but nothing passed.

[roxiejules]

7. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)

Last week, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted a lecture on his YouTube channel where he explains in great detail his views on the Constitution. As part of the lecture, which is essentially a lengthy defense of his radical tenther interpretation of the Constitution, Lee claims that federal child labor laws are unconstitutional:

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/14/lee-child-labor/

[roguevalley]

4. may she burn in hell

[Citizen Worker]

5. While we're at it why don't we bring back the "breaker boys?" The youngsters who sat astride coal

conveyors picking the slate from the coal. Now in our fourth decade of falling wages for workers youngsters could forgo school and help the family. Starting wage of say $0.50 per hour and increasing by $0.05 per hour after 3,000 hours of experience. Of course, these young lads would be barred from joining a Union because of their age.

[roxiejules]

6. World of the near future: total repeal of the 20th century

Repeal of minimum wage replaced with right to work for less laws, indentured servitude not so bad after all....

[southernyankeebelle]

10. Well lets pray they won't stay home the next time around. What how they wages will go down further.

[some guy]

11. unrec for far too many asterisks.

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