Current Events > Arkansas about to legalize children under 16 being employed w/o parental consent

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Putting children to work, pulling up bootstraps, and subjecting them to harsh working conditions without the consent of their parents.......to own the libs, I guess.

Sanders plans to sign House Bill 1410, her spokeswoman Alexa Henning said in a Thursday email.

The governor believes protecting kids is most important, but doing so with arbitrary burdens on parents to get permission from the government for their child to get a job is burdensome and obsolete,

Weird that they're trying to make the work permits sound like a burden to parents...

They seem to only believe that parents need to give their consent when it comes to teaching their kids about math, black and gay people in schools, sexual education, information from and visits to the doctor, but work is apparently where they draw the line.

Eliminating this requirement would restore decision-making to parents concerning their children, the bill states. Rep. Rebecca Burkes, R-Lowell, the bills primary sponsor, repeated this on the House floor Feb. 22.
Rep. Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, took issue with this clause.
Parents have to sign off [on the permit] under the current law, he said. If this passes, the parents wont have to sign off, and I think thats a pretty important distinction.

How would it restore decision making to parents if the parents don't have to sign off (the child can do it independently)?

The governor believes protecting kids is most important, but doing so with arbitrary burdens on parents to get permission from the government for their child to get a job is burdensome and obsolete,

The children yearn for the mines

Eliminating this requirement would restore decision-making to parents concerning their children, the bill states. Rep. Rebecca Burkes, R-Lowell, the bills primary sponsor, repeated this on the House floor Feb. 22.

Big plus side of this: might lead to less kids going to college. Way too many teens have no idea how the world works and blindly commit themselves to 6 figure debt.

Big plus side of this: might lead to less kids going to college. Way too many teens have no idea how the world works and blindly commit themselves to 6 figure debt.

Dude less education is the last thing we need here lol

How is this not protected at a federal, or whatever you guys call it, level?

America: Where it's acceptable to work a physically extensive job at the age of 16, die for your country at 18, but can't have a sip of wine until you're 21

Ahhh, America.

Big plus side of this: might lead to less kids going to college. Way too many teens have no idea how the world works and blindly commit themselves to 6 figure debt.

Eliminating this requirement would restore decision-making to parents concerning their children, the bill states. Rep. Rebecca Burkes, R-Lowell, the bills primary sponsor, repeated this on the House floor Feb. 22.
Rep. Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, took issue with this clause.
Parents have to sign off [on the permit] under the current law, he said. If this passes, the parents wont have to sign off, and I think thats a pretty important distinction.

How would it restore decision making to parents if the parents don't have to sign off (the child can do it independently)?

Just because the parents don't have to fill out a form anymore doesn't mean they have to allow, let alone assist with transport etc, their child getting a job. If they don't want the child getting one, they won't get one. This more just sounds like cutting red tape.

America: Where it's acceptable to work a physically extensive job at the age of 16, die for your country at 18, but can't have a sip of wine until you're 21

Eliminating this requirement would restore decision-making to parents concerning their children, the bill states. Rep. Rebecca Burkes, R-Lowell, the bills primary sponsor, repeated this on the House floor Feb. 22.
Rep. Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, took issue with this clause.
Parents have to sign off [on the permit] under the current law, he said. If this passes, the parents wont have to sign off, and I think thats a pretty important distinction.

How would it restore decision making to parents if the parents don't have to sign off (the child can do it independently)?

Yes instead of making good education more affordable and accessible let's just uhm, not educate them?