Florida Debates Lifting Some Child Labor Laws

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

As Florida businesses struggle to fill the jobs once held by undocumented workers, lawmakers are considering using children to fill the need.

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When they say they want to kick out immigrants to protect "good American jobs," this is what they meant

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I swear, I want to personally meet the millionaire who supports this. Very likely they won't exit the meeting alive.

#1 | Posted by danni at 2025-03-26 11:05 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Hey, remind me, what's that fruit fly that ruins orange crops? And is there an insecticide-resistant variant of it? Just asking questions.

I'm thinking it might be in Florida's best interest NOT to pass this. After all, they wouldn't want anybody to get any ideas about creative ways to prevent child exploitation in the state's agribusiness.

#2 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-03-26 12:47 PM | Reply

"eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled"

Because home-schooled kids have plenty of time on their hands. There's no homework when they're home-schooled, am I right?

"ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds"

What? They're not even allowed to eat?

Working days and nights for little pay. No protections or benefits. Not even time to eat. This really is setting up children for the future - a future under Republican leadership.

#3 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-03-26 01:05 PM | Reply

The state's legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. [...] and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

No breaks and no rest so they can learn in school.

This is good preparation for the life the GOP intends for all those who didn't plan ahead by being born into the 1%.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-26 01:32 PM | Reply

The proposed law is for young teens. Young, brown-skinned, Spanish-speaking teens. White people will no longer do stoop labor in this country...

#5 | Posted by catdog at 2025-03-26 02:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts.

Child prostitution is going to skyrocket in Florida and Trump and Gaetz are there for it.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 02:17 PM | Reply

"ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds"

What? They're not even allowed to eat?

Eating is reserved for the rich.

Poor people should be thankful they have a job.

MAGA!!!

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 02:19 PM | Reply

The same people bitching about this will purchase things from third-world countries, made by children in single digit years old while locked in an unsafe factory for 12 hour shifts.

It's not inhumane to allow teenagers to work hard, in fact, it's why a lot of our successful grandparents were successful.

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-26 04:18 PM | Reply

The same people bitching about this will purchase things from third-world countries, made by children in single digit years old while locked in an unsafe factory for 12 hour shifts.

So ... are you saying you're in favor of turning America into a third-world country?

Seems like you stepped in your own shht here.

Well done ...

Bravo ...

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 04:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"it's why a lot of our successful grandparents were successful."

A lot of our successful grandparents were successful because they worked before 1975.

Success was widespread after WWII and before 1975.

We changed the rules in 1975 so that only the top 20% of households got practically all the gains in household income.

Before 1975, gains also went to the bottom 80% of households.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-26 04:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

The same people bitching about this will purchase things from third-world countries, made by children in single digit years old while locked in an unsafe factory for 12 hour shifts.
#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Make America a Slavedom Again!

MASA! (Get it, yes Massa, no Massa! Hah!)

#11 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-26 04:42 PM | Reply

"Why Can't America be a Third World Country Too!"
-LftHndTurdsBoy

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-26 04:52 PM | Reply

Do a kid good to go to work and learn what the real world is. Kids now a days are little -------.

#13 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-26 05:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Do a kid good to go to work and learn what the real world is. Kids now a days are little [pooties].
#13 | Posted by fortfisher

And when they fall asleep in school because they were working from midnight to 8 am? All that fancy book larnin for 14 year-olds is for little kitties too, right?

Everything a good MAGAt needs to know they were born with anyway!

#14 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-26 05:09 PM | Reply

See there you go raising a ----- who gets tired. Give the kid some meat soy boy.

#15 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-26 05:12 PM | Reply

#15 | Posted by fortfisher

JFC you're such a dumb ----.

Swallow it.

#16 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-03-26 05:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Do a kid good to go to work and learn what the real world is."

That's why Trump is so rotten, never had to work, never learned to understand what the real world is.

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-26 05:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump does more in one hour than you do all years, you welfare queen.

#18 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-26 05:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

See there you go raising a [little kitty] who gets tired. Give the kid some meat soy boy.
#15 | Posted by fortfisher

The MAGAt secret is meth!

#19 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-26 05:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Swallow it.

#1 6 | Posted by rstybeach

Bet you learned that from JPW. You probably work the stall next to his.

#20 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-26 05:31 PM | Reply

He certainly spends more taxpayer dollars on himself in an hour than I do in a year!

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-26 05:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Trump does more in one hour than you do all years, you welfare queen.
#18 | Posted by fortfisher

Trump Worth $10 Billion Less Than If He'd Simply Invested in Index Funds
finance.yahoo.com

#22 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-26 05:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Trump does more in one hour than you do all years, you welfare queen.

#18 | Posted by fortfisher

I guess you consider applying makeup and hair spray to be hard labor.

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 05:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#18 | Posted by fortfisher

I guess you consider applying makeup and hair spray to be hard labor.

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 05:43 PM

Putting makeup on that pig you call a wife just to make her presentably to------- is hard labor.

#24 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-26 06:05 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#24 | Posted by fortfisher

You are the weak.

Swallow it.

#25 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-03-26 07:20 PM | Reply

Putting makeup on that pig you call a wife just to make her presentably to------- is hard labor.

#24 | Posted by fortfisher

Every accusation from trump's cult is a confession.

That means this fools wife must be ugly as hell.

#26 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-26 08:03 PM | Reply

Awwww poor Fartfister, has to respond to a truism about his Hair Furor with a wife diss. I bet Fartfister's an incel who's never felt the touch of a woman because he's such a disgusting misogynistic POS. There's hope Fartfister, even bald Goebbels Stephen Miller found a MAGAt woman who would have sex with him, maybe there's a chance for you too...nah.

#27 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2025-03-26 11:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

so what ?

weren't "you people" the same ----- face creeps who were all for states rights when

it comes to flushing the illegals out of the country ?

oh wait....I forgot who I was asking that of....

#28 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-03-27 03:31 PM | Reply

---- off ------.

#29 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-27 08:26 PM | Reply

#28 | POSTED BY SHRIMPdick

Being in favor of child labor isn't the flex you think it is.

Take a break, stupid. You've exceeded the limit of what you can handle in one day.

#30 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-27 09:10 PM | Reply

Posted by fortfisher

Stop.

Taking.

The.

Troll.

Bait.

#31 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-03-28 07:32 AM | Reply