tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post8417128339788501375..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Banning Kids Helping with Farm ChoresThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-439301716241915752012-04-29T12:41:49.155-06:002012-04-29T12:41:49.155-06:00That provision of children working under parental ...That provision of children working under parental supervision on the parents farm was always part of the revisions to tighten up on use of migrant labor. Sadly, the Newt Gingrichs of the world want to bring in the "sweet old agrarian" context when what we are talking about is "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Simon Legree(sp).<br /><br />Now Canada has regulation that will allow Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-55860138258696895602012-04-28T09:28:43.721-06:002012-04-28T09:28:43.721-06:00Well, all fussed up over nothing. The regulations...Well, all fussed up over nothing. The regulations have been dropped thanks to an outpouring of objections from small and medium family farms.<br />Deal with child labour problems, with child abuse, with stoop labour mistreatment but don't tell me my kid can't help out on my own farm.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-50948418342707371312012-04-25T23:25:16.002-06:002012-04-25T23:25:16.002-06:00I am with old buzzard on this one, I know you work...I am with old buzzard on this one, I know you worked hard as a kid and grew up to be an honorable citizen, right?<br /><br />But stoop labor is alive and well in American agriculture, in fact rural America is being left behind in mechanization and technology simply because Mexican labor has been so cheap. Because the social safety net is non-existant in the US,poor families are now reliving the Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-48596329190017680892012-04-25T13:10:31.316-06:002012-04-25T13:10:31.316-06:00I should have threatened to vote Republican long a...I should have threatened to vote Republican long ago. Increased my readership substantially and comments too. Many thanks for the feedback.<br />So the government has just discovered laws that are on the books for 50 years already and the regulations are not about kids working on their own family farms but about not hiring out to other farms or related, until they are 18?<br />These are the The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-80529386907114731192012-04-25T09:58:05.803-06:002012-04-25T09:58:05.803-06:00Ol'Buzzard is correct. I just read the law and...Ol'Buzzard is correct. I just read the law and it's nothing that hasn't already existed for the last 50 years. Once again the republicans blew smoke up your ass and tried to scare you to death just like they did with death panels. Please do your research before jumping to conclusions.<br /><br />If anything farms need more regulations because they are not covered under the worker Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-6628579519392580872012-04-25T08:12:35.739-06:002012-04-25T08:12:35.739-06:00I somehow doubt the preteens being expected to run...I somehow doubt the preteens being expected to run the Bobcat to clear manure, being asked to operate tractors when their feet can barely reach the pedals (one of my friends was operating her family's tractor when she was still so little she could only run it while standing up), or getting slapped by cows' piss-saturated tails in milking parlors at 5 a.m. are the ones up in arms. The Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-71793653401933211152012-04-25T07:29:38.931-06:002012-04-25T07:29:38.931-06:00The labor department is not banning kids from work...The labor department is not banning kids from working on family farms - it is about child labor laws..children being hired out as farm workers...<br /><br /><br />Yes the Republican Party is for big business - including macro-farming. If your business profit is in the multimillions the Republican Party will look out for you. Unfortunately, if you run a small family farm...you are on your own:Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.com