President Trump to roll back rules on jobs teens can have

[Preacher]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

 

[OldLady]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

 

[Preacher]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

I agree. They are saying this is apart of the apprenticeship program they are pushing which I think is wonderful. I hope my kids do that rather than going to college. Especially my son. Funny thing is I remember in high school they offered Welding and Granite working classes AND auto repair and carpentry. All can be dangerous so bit dumb to not let teens get hired to do these jobs if they can do them in high school.

 

[iceberg]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

normally i'd agree but a diploma for what? our education system is far from "good". in fact we are the epitome of average.

U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost

so if kids want a leg up on whatever career they should choose, then it's time we evaluated everything in how we can improve. i *do agree* they should stay in school for at least high school but after that, it is whatever works for that persons chosen career field.

i wish we had a president that would work on our educational system with more than words and a passing glance. we could and should be so much better than we are today.

 

[BlackFlag]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

No doubt conservatives are hoping it DOES lead to more dropouts. Somebody has to make up the 3rd world labor force Trump is hoping to create so we can compete with unskilled 3rd world countries at jobs that have been obsolete here for decades.

 

[OldLady]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

normally i'd agree but a diploma for what? our education system is far from "good". in fact we are the epitome of average.

U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost

so if kids want a leg up on whatever career they should choose, then it's time we evaluated everything in how we can improve. i *do agree* they should stay in school for at least high school but after that, it is whatever works for that persons chosen career field.

i wish we had a president that would work on our educational system with more than words and a passing glance. we could and should be so much better than we are today.

The diploma is expected, even for bag boys at the supermarket now. Whether or not it's a good education, the employers are expecting it. The military has really cracked down on it, too. Very few dropouts who returned for their GED's are getting in. Twenty years ago, that was not the case.

 

[danielpalos]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

sure; how about a premium, for child labor.

 

[pismoe]

this is excellent . I speculate and guess that a lot of the jobs denied to American youth because of age were reserved for 'third worlders' coming into the USA illegaly . An inexperianced American youngster can't pound nails but the dumb third worlder can and the dumb third worlder will work cheaper with less complaining .

 

[danielpalos]

Gun lovers should have to enroll in the militia, and muster, first!

 

[OldLady]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

No doubt conservatives are hoping it DOES lead to more dropouts. Somebody has to make up the 3rd world labor force Trump is hoping to create so we can compete with unskilled 3rd world countries at jobs that have been obsolete here for decades.

Here we lost a lot of jobs overseas and you might call them "unskilled" but making shoes and sewing shirts ain't something all of us would be good at. I have respect for what they did. If those jobs were obsolete, the businesses wouldn't have moved overseas to hire cheap labor.

 

[danielpalos]

this is excellent . I speculate and guess that a lot of the jobs denied to American youth because of age were reserved for 'third worlders' coming into the USA illegaly . An inexperianced American youngster can't pound nails but the dumb third worlder can and the dumb third worlder will work cheaper with less complaining .

adults are claiming refugee status due to our global war on drugs instead of our global trade.

 

[Preacher]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

No doubt conservatives are hoping it DOES lead to more dropouts. Somebody has to make up the 3rd world labor force Trump is hoping to create so we can compete with unskilled 3rd world countries at jobs that have been obsolete here for decades.

No Conservatives aren't the ones wanting to flood the country with dangerous third world gang bangers and diseased trash. That's liberals.

 

[Preacher]

this is excellent . I speculate and guess that a lot of the jobs denied to American youth because of age were reserved for 'third worlders' coming into the USA illegaly . An inexperianced American youngster can't pound nails but the dumb third worlder can and the dumb third worlder will work cheaper with less complaining .

Time to toughen teens up again! Its obvious as hell there is a MAJOR maturity problem with today's youth. They don't know what hard work is.

 

[rightwinger]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

normally i'd agree but a diploma for what? our education system is far from "good". in fact we are the epitome of average.

U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost

so if kids want a leg up on whatever career they should choose, then it's time we evaluated everything in how we can improve. i *do agree* they should stay in school for at least high school but after that, it is whatever works for that persons chosen career field.

i wish we had a president that would work on our educational system with more than words and a passing glance. we could and should be so much better than we are today.

The diploma is expected, even for bag boys at the supermarket now. Whether or not it's a good education, the employers are expecting it. The military has really cracked down on it, too. Very few dropouts who returned for their GED's are getting in. Twenty years ago, that was not the case.

I think that the math, reading and writing skills I had in eighth grade would qualify for most jobs. Most eighth graders today have computer skills that qualify for most jobs

 

[pismoe]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

normally i'd agree but a diploma for what? our education system is far from "good". in fact we are the epitome of average.

U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost

so if kids want a leg up on whatever career they should choose, then it's time we evaluated everything in how we can improve. i *do agree* they should stay in school for at least high school but after that, it is whatever works for that persons chosen career field.

i wish we had a president that would work on our educational system with more than words and a passing glance. we could and should be so much better than we are today.

The diploma is expected, even for bag boys at the supermarket now. Whether or not it's a good education, the employers are expecting it. The military has really cracked down on it, too. Very few dropouts who returned for their GED's are getting in. Twenty years ago, that was not the case.

---------------------------------------------------- illegals working jobs in the USA have no 'diplomas' , many can't even speak English or know enough to not wipe their azzez with their hands while picking fruits and vegetables picked for human consumption in the USA . As example , see all the Americans that get sick every year from eating 'third worlder' picked produce OldLady .

 

[danielpalos]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

normally i'd agree but a diploma for what? our education system is far from "good". in fact we are the epitome of average.

U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost

so if kids want a leg up on whatever career they should choose, then it's time we evaluated everything in how we can improve. i *do agree* they should stay in school for at least high school but after that, it is whatever works for that persons chosen career field.

i wish we had a president that would work on our educational system with more than words and a passing glance. we could and should be so much better than we are today.

The diploma is expected, even for bag boys at the supermarket now. Whether or not it's a good education, the employers are expecting it. The military has really cracked down on it, too. Very few dropouts who returned for their GED's are getting in. Twenty years ago, that was not the case.

---------------------------------------------------- illegals working jobs in the USA have no 'diplomas' , many can't even speak English or know enough to not wipe their azzez with their hands while picking fruits and vegetables picked for human consumption in the USA . As example , see all the Americans that get sick every year from eating 'third worlder' picked produce OldLady .

who would you rather hire at fifteen dollars an hour?

 

[petro]

this is excellent . I speculate and guess that a lot of the jobs denied to American youth because of age were reserved for 'third worlders' coming into the USA illegaly . An inexperianced American youngster can't pound nails but the dumb third worlder can and the dumb third worlder will work cheaper with less complaining .

This is exactly what is happening in construction now.
No one can find framers around here and have now taken to hiring Mexican crews. Work cheaper but I question quality of work.
Roofing crews are mostly Latino along with sheetrock hangers.
Huge housing boom in Twin Cities with a major labor shortage.
No young people are entering field and could make damn good money in the trades.
Better get that liberal arts degree in African lesbian studies instead.

 

[BlackFlag]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

No doubt conservatives are hoping it DOES lead to more dropouts. Somebody has to make up the 3rd world labor force Trump is hoping to create so we can compete with unskilled 3rd world countries at jobs that have been obsolete here for decades.

Here we lost a lot of jobs overseas and you might call them "unskilled" but making shoes and sewing shirts ain't something all of us would be good at. I have respect for what they did. If those jobs were obsolete, the businesses wouldn't have moved overseas to hire cheap labor.

I said obsolete here. 3rd world busy work stopped paying a living wage here decades ago.

 

[danielpalos]

this is excellent . I speculate and guess that a lot of the jobs denied to American youth because of age were reserved for 'third worlders' coming into the USA illegaly . An inexperianced American youngster can't pound nails but the dumb third worlder can and the dumb third worlder will work cheaper with less complaining .

This is exactly what is happening in construction now.
No one can find framers around here and have now taken to hiring Mexican crews. Work cheaper but I question quality of work.
Roofing crews are mostly Latino along with sheetrock hangers.
Huge housing boom in Twin Cities with a major labor shortage.
No young people are entering field and could make damn good money in the trades.
Better get that liberal arts degree in African lesbian studies instead.

right wing policies do that. all they do is pay lip service to their own propaganda.

a local union hall in the area was built with non-union labor.

 

[OldLady]

The Trump administration wants to unwind child labor laws

I agree 100%. I was doing a TON of those jobs when I was 10 or 11. Splitting wood with wood splitter,helping build buildings with my grandfather,operating dangerous equipment I did it all. This should be 100% let up to the teenager and their parents NOT the government. Its a different day and time now! This also could harm teens that want to follow these careers at 17 and have graduated early from HS or want to start college at 16 or 17 in these careers and can't do these jobs because of these dumb rules.

As long as it doesn't encourage kids to drop out of school. Getting a diploma is pretty necessary these days and once a kid drops out, it's damned hard for them to go back and earn their equivalency.

normally i'd agree but a diploma for what? our education system is far from "good". in fact we are the epitome of average.

U.S. Falls In World Education Rankings, Rated 'Average' | HuffPost

so if kids want a leg up on whatever career they should choose, then it's time we evaluated everything in how we can improve. i *do agree* they should stay in school for at least high school but after that, it is whatever works for that persons chosen career field.

i wish we had a president that would work on our educational system with more than words and a passing glance. we could and should be so much better than we are today.

The diploma is expected, even for bag boys at the supermarket now. Whether or not it's a good education, the employers are expecting it. The military has really cracked down on it, too. Very few dropouts who returned for their GED's are getting in. Twenty years ago, that was not the case.

I think that the math, reading and writing skills I had in eighth grade would qualify for most jobs. Most eighth graders today have computer skills that qualify for most jobs

Unfortunately, a lot of eighth graders today are not knowing as much as you and I did. Of course, I see primarily the dropouts.