re: #47 HappyWarrior

Yeah quite common. But that one really takes the prize. A child running their own independent lemonaide stand is totally different from what the labor laws are there for which is to protect children from being exploited. Honestly, the right wing obsession with work is just stupid and over the top. There’s more to life than just work and their whole opposition to increasing the minimum wage is based on a fake concern for teenage workers. Honestly if you are under 18, your primary focus needs to be on your education. If you can do a part time job in the mean time and juggle that and school, go for it. I still remember that slimy bastard Gingrich urging getting rid of janitors and replacing them with kids because you know having kids as janitors isn’t demeaning at all.

The RWNJ are all obsessed with “the dignity of work” but not with adequate compensation for work.

While it may be true that some minimum wage workers may lack education (although this is not always the case), the work they do is physically exhausting.