GOP lawmaker who employs hundreds of minors looks to abolish all state child labor laws

[riversedge]

Source: raw story




28 Jan 2019 at 08:09 ET

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The Indy Star reports that Indiana state Sen. Chip Perfect has filed a bill that would get rid of work permit requirements for underage employees, while also removing restrictions on the hours underage teenagers can work.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

.............The Indy Star writes that, to drum up support for his bill, Perfect had his human resources director testify “in favor of the bill during a committee hearing last week, raising questions about whether his involvement in the legislation is a conflict of interest.”

However, Perfect is insisting that he is not conflicted in proposing the law, even though it would allow him to hire more minors and give them longer hours.

“It wouldn’t affect me directly, because as I testified today, we have invested an incredible amount of money and we are currently adhering to the laws,” Perfect said. “This is really more about small businesses who cannot afford the resources to adhere to these antiquated laws.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/gop-lawmaker-employs-hundreds-minors-looks-abolish-state-child-labor-laws/

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He is a stinking slimeball, just like Trump

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[RKP5637]

1. Gee, maybe he can send them into mines to die or in the machinery of weaving machines, just like

decades ago with assholes similar to him. Incredible, this is the 21'st century and fuck-sticks like him are proposing this sadistic sociopathic crap.

[Doremus]

2. How fast we can slip back to the 19th century if these pukes have their way. nt

[RKP5637]

3. The US has always been held back by jerks like this. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is in the

21st century and moving forward rapidly probably making the US look like a totally backward nation in a couple of decades or sooner if fools like this continue on. China, will be leaving the US in the dust.

[sdfernando]

4. Next thing you know they will allow all the exit door to open inward

and allow them to be locked during business hours....what could possibly go wrong??

[IronLionZion]

13. Make American Robber Barons Great Again

[truthisfreedom]

5. Antiquated laws???? He needs to be horse whipped.

Progressive laws. Progress. Civilized society.

[onethatcares]

11. oh yeah, when I read that

all I could think is "What an asshole". I bet his kids don't work anywhere near actual "labor".

fuck him.

[apnu]

6. I've talked to Republicans about this very subject...

... they think labor laws like this are "antiquated" and should be removed because, they say, "nobody would let their kids work like that these days"

Their evil and naive positions like this scares me.

[bitterross]

18. They know better and they don't care.

I'm pretty sure a great number of them know darn well that single-parent families would certainly let their kids work. It would take care of two of their most pressing issues. Income and childcare. If the kids are busy slaving away at some job then the parents don't have to have after-school care (if they even go to school instead of work) and the family income is raised

Hundreds of thousands of kids would be taken out of school and put to work instead if this sort of thing becomes legal across the nation. This is just the camel's nose in the tent.

[William Seger]

7. A good old-fashioned Cheap Labor Conservative

If he's that shameless, I'm surprised he didn't throw in repealing minimum wage laws.

[Judi Lynn]

8. This lout is pure evil. How dare he. He wants to exploit people's children freely.

Only a few greedy ruthless Republicans have been self-assured enough to publicly admit they would use human beings this brazenly.



The lummox and his Perfect family. #### him.

[stuffmatters]

9. There is no GOP moral bottom.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. And yet, very soon, hundreds of thousands of children will be put on the street, ...

to sell cookies.

What's worse: I will buy some.

[onethatcares]

12. and I will buy some more and

then those children will be locked into selling cookies the rest of their lives with no way to escape.

[cp]

14. Nice name

[Major Nikon]

15. Dude has a face that would work well as a toilet brush

[Kablooie]

16. Yeah. Small businesses can only remain profitable on the backs of cheap child labor.

Think of the profits! Just wonderful!

[47of74]

17. I fucking hate Republicans.

There. I fucking said it. It was either that or have a goddamn aneurysm trying to keep it all bottled up.

[mwooldri]

19. Doing away with hours restrictions for minors? Heck no!

There's a reason why minors work hours are limited - kids are supposed to be in school.

My thoughts: I would limit the hours a minor can work to 2 hours max on any given weekday, 8 hours max on a weekend, maximum 12 hours per week. Maybe a little longer for a business which the parents own... e.g. a family farm. I wouldn't link any work permit to academic performance at school because there are some kids who will not be going to college. However schools need to know if the kids are working, so to have the schools administer a work permit program would be best. Ultimately it is the parent who would give permission for the child to work.

[rickyhall]

20. TR would've had him shot.

[Yavin4]

21. MAGA

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[lagomorph777]

22. Sounds like an excellent opportunity for some investigative journalist

to find out what he's really doing with all his child laborers.