Even the kids know this is fucked up.
Compare to the photo of a dem governor signing a bill to provide school lunches for kids.
This comes after a company in Arkansas was convicted of child labor violations after they learned that they employed over 100 children from 13 to 17 cleaning saws with caustic chemicals, a job that saw three of them injured. The company defended themselves by saying that the children lied about their age to get jobs.
This bill not only removes the responsibility of companies to prove that their employees are the age they say they are, but also ensures they don’t need to check at all. All you need is a parental permission slip. So if your parents decide they want you working in the coal mine at 12, hey, they’re your parents, that’s fine. We shouldn’t let “unnecessary burdens” like PROVING YOU ARE NOT EMPLOYING ACTUAL CHILDREN get in the way of children being used as sweatshop workers because adults might unionize.
This is also why they’re weakening public school. Because public school is an equalizer and it’s long been a conservative talking point that only some people should be schooled. The rest should be sent to the factories.
