So replacing immigrants with child labor? Way to go republicans.

[BPPLEE]

That seems like it will create a seller's-market economy, and drive wages up...

DOGE team defends federal layoffs: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’

President Trump’s senior adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk, along with seven Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers, defended the number of federal government employees the adviso…

thehill.com

And you’ve heard a lot of news about RIFs, about people getting fired. At this moment in time, less than 0.15, not 1.5, less than 0.15 of the federal workforce has actually been given a RIF [Reduction in Force] notice,”

 

[wing2000]

I have no issue with 14 year olds working part time jobs (that's when I started....), BUT there should be limitations in place, else employers will exploit young workers with no regard for their well being or education. As I recall, Pennsylvania had restricitons in place such as not working past a certain hour on school nights, etc.

From the op's link:

They point out that there is nothing “part-time” in the language of the companion senate and house bills currently before lawmakers, which instead will permit unlimited working hours without breaks for 14- and 15-year-olds who are schooled at home or online, and allow employers to require 16- and 17-year-olds to work for more than six days in a row.

 

[loveofourlord]

I have no issue with 14 year olds working part time jobs (that's when I started....), BUT there should be limitations in place, else employers will exploit young workers with no regard for their well being or education. As I recall, Pennsylvania had restricitons in place such as not working past a certain hour on school nights, etc.

From the op's link:

They point out that there is nothing “part-time” in the language of the companion senate and house bills currently before lawmakers, which instead will permit unlimited working hours without breaks for 14- and 15-year-olds who are schooled at home or online, and allow employers to require 16- and 17-year-olds to work for more than six days in a row.

hey without the department of education they won't need to worry about having any education.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

hey without the department of education they won't need to worry about having any education.

That why they have trade school.