At a time when kids are encouraged to attend “Resistance Camps” over Space Camp, it’s hardly surprising that kids are being discouraged from having summer jobs. Times are changing. Not only are kids not given the freedom to explore and play outdoors, they’re also banned from mowing the grass. The difference between the grass, however, is that city ordinances and officials are enforcing the restrictions.
One city in Alabama has allowed more than just historical monuments to fall to the waysides. One would think city officials would have more pressing crimes to worry about than teenagers being hard workers. But, then again who would have thought that tearing down monuments in the dead of night would be implemented to stop people from becoming white supremacists. Those darn monuments. And those darn kids wanting to have summer jobs instead of protesting or lazing around.
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Labor law changes years ago & put fear into the public who hired kids to do these tasks… mowing, raking leaves, delivering news papers, shoveling snow etc… Now you have to hire very expensive (illegals) to do the jobs we kids use to do… Now they want a piece of the pie from our kids too & they really don’t make that much…. Same goes for picking in the fields & orchards… use to be the standard to hire locals & kids… Now big restrictions in the labor laws have taken away the chance for kids to stay off the streets & earn some summer, fall & winter $$$$… All these rules have ruined our youth & the government, federal & state made them lazy.. putting their lives on a smart phone, gaming systems, social media etc… all you see now is noses buried in a smart phone 24/7 & adults are included…. the government needs to butt out period… maybe our kids would not be so dumbed down to working & have a sense of responsibility, purpose & the will to learn a trade besides flipping burgers or burrito’s…Government fucked our youth over & needs to stop…..
This “mayor” is an idiot and proud of it. He should go eat a fresh dog$#%&!@*for his ignorance. He probably sponged off of his parents and never lifted a hand for his adolescent spending money. What a loser…
All “laws” have exceptions and this should be one. Since the IRS doesn’t tax individuals for the first $600 of income, then neither should ANY USA, Podunk, one horse town.
Similar to minimum age requirements for other state licensing entities, like fishing, driving etc., there could be an age for casual labor activities like babysitting, snow removal, lawn mowing and raking, window cleaning etc. for children to earn spending money.
The age of eighteen and over would be a sensible requirement. After all, that is the legal age of majority in voting or joining the military or entering into a legally binding contract.
What a great example of a self-serving under-achiever…
DC has about 3 trillion a yr coming in and they want more? How is a kid making $10 for mowing someones law gonna break you leeching politicians? Greedy sons’-a-bitches! What’s next!? U gonna tax my kids allowance after he takes the trash out?
It’s all about the almighty dollar. License fees and taxes.
in the 60’s & 70’s… I did it all… labor laws screwed us kids first making it illegal for people to hire us as workers…. Now the government wants to dumb down our kids more… It kept us off the streets…. We had a bit of spending cash to go to the movies, some of us had our own bank accounts to use or save for the things we wanted… Those days are over thanks to our fucked up government….They made our today’s youth restricted & lazy with noses buried in game systems & 24/7 smart phones….
So if a parent gives their child an allowance fot doing work around the house, will they be fined? I think it is great for children to do work like this to earn money instead of getting a free ride.
CRAZY tax loving idiots
Good. If they meant to take jobs from licensed contractors then they can pay the fees too. End of argument…
To much government intrusion, they have no right
If this is not total control what is it ?