For centuries, children have played an indispensable role in family
farms. Their efforts have been and still are often essential to
survival. But the nanny state wants to outlaw their contributions.
What do the Labor Department bureaucrats in urban, elitist Washington who are writing the rule that would prohibit children under 18 from working on farms know about farm culture?
How familiar are they with agricultural society and its age-old traditions and its timeless demands? Who are they to interfere with a way of life that has been the backbone of America?
None of that matters to the busybodies and petty tyrants of the federal government. They will force their rules on others because they believe in their moral and intellectual superiority — particularly over a people they see as hayseeds in fly-over country.
Farming has inherent dangers. We won't dispute that.
The machinery can be lethal. It is also hard work. It's not a cushy and counterproductive government job that pays more than productive private-sector work.
Read more: http://news.investors.com/article/609421/201204261900/regulators-wont-let-farm-parents-raise-their-own-kids.htm
What do the Labor Department bureaucrats in urban, elitist Washington who are writing the rule that would prohibit children under 18 from working on farms know about farm culture?
How familiar are they with agricultural society and its age-old traditions and its timeless demands? Who are they to interfere with a way of life that has been the backbone of America?
None of that matters to the busybodies and petty tyrants of the federal government. They will force their rules on others because they believe in their moral and intellectual superiority — particularly over a people they see as hayseeds in fly-over country.
Farming has inherent dangers. We won't dispute that.
The machinery can be lethal. It is also hard work. It's not a cushy and counterproductive government job that pays more than productive private-sector work.
Read more: http://news.investors.com/article/609421/201204261900/regulators-wont-let-farm-parents-raise-their-own-kids.htm
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