Werd!!! On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm so glad this wasn't in effect when I was a kid. I started doing all > this at 9 until my 20's. Driving tractors (my first tractor at age 9 was a > John Deere 4010), feeding livestock, helping run machinery, holding calves > for vet inspection, bailing hay, helping build barns, you name it. Damn. > those were some of the best years of my life. The Government is so fecking > stupid sometimes. > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:06 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Good thing the nanny state is here to protect us. > > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores > > > > > > > > > A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing > > > farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members > of > > > Congress. But now its attracting barbs from farm kids themselves. > > > > > > The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a > rule > > > that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family farms, > > > prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on their own families > > > land. > > > > > > Under the rules, children under 18 could no longer work in the > storing, > > > marketing and transporting of farm product raw materials. > > > > > > Prohibited places of employment, a Department press release read, > > would > > > include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, > > stockyards, > > > livestock exchanges and livestock auctions. > > > > > > The new regulations, first proposed August 31 by Labor Secretary Hilda > > > Solis, would also revoke the governments approval of safety training > and > > > certification taught by independent groups like 4-H andFFA, replacing > > them > > > instead with a 90-hour federal government training course. > > > > > > .. > > > Boswell chafed at the governments rationale for bringing farms > strictly > > > into line with child-labor laws. > > > > > > They have said the number of injuries are higher for children than in > > > non-ag industries, she said. But everyone in agriculture, Boswell > > > insisted, makes sure youth work in tasks that are age-appropriate. > > > > > > The safety training requirements strike many in agriculture as > > particularly > > > strange, given an injury rate among young people that is already > falling > > > rapidly. > > > > > > According to a United States Department of Agriculture study, farm > > > accidents among youth fell nearly 40 percent between 2001 and 2009, to > > 7.2 > > > injuries per 1,000 farms. > > > > > > Clark said the regulations are vague and meddlesome. > > > > > > Its so far-reaching, he exclaimed, kids would be prohibited from > > > working on anything power take-off driven, and anything with a > > > work-height over six feet which would include the tractor Im on > now. > > > > > > The way the regulations are currently written, he added, would prohibit > > > children under 16 from using battery powered screwdrivers, since their > > > motors, like those of a tractor, are defined as power take-off > driven. > > > > > > And jobs that could inflict pain on an animal would also be > off-limits > > > for kids. But inflicting pain, Clark explained, is left undefined: If > > it > > > included something like putting a halter on a steer, 4-H and FFA animal > > > shows would be a thing of the past. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/25/rural-kids-parents-angry-about-labor-dept-rule-banning-farm-chores/2/ > > > > > > J > > > > > > - > > > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > > reputation. > > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the > tunnel, > > > go out and buy some > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350268 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
