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2012-04-27 Economy
Exposed: Obama regime flips on farm chores for kids
They're like kids in an airplane cockpit. "Hey, let's do this!" "Hey, let's push these buttons!" They have no clue what they're doing, but boy is it fun. Until they crash the plane.
Under pressure from farming advocates in rural communities, and following a report by The Daily Caller, the Obama administration withdrew a proposed rule Thursday that would have applied child labor laws to family farms.

Critics complained that the regulation would have drastically changed the extent to which children could work on farms owned by family members. The U.S. Department of Labor cited public outcry as the reason for withdrawing the rule.

“The decision to withdraw this rule — including provisions to define the ‘parental exemption’ — was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms,” the Department said in a press release Thursday evening. “To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration.”
Ah yes. Of course the 'parental exemption' would have made things OK, but since the public is too stupid to figure that out, we're just going to withdraw this enlightened legislation in its entirety, even though society must be having huge problems here. Of course, the Romney administration might follow up with something this stupid. Does all this make sense?
The rule would have dramatically changed what types of chores children under the age of 16 could perform on and around American farms. It would have prohibited them from working with tobacco, operating almost all types of power-driven equipment and being employed to work with raw farm materials.

“Prohibited places of employment would include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions,” read a press release from last August.

“I am pleased to hear the Obama Administration is finally backing away from its absurd 85-page proposal to block youth from participating in family farm activities and ultimately undermine the very fabric of rural America, but I will continue working to ensure this overreaching proposal is completely and permanently put to rest,” said Sen. John Thune, Republican from South Dakota. “The Obama DOL’s youth farm labor rule is a perfect example of what happens when government gets too big.”
And has nothing to do but fix imaginary problems. Gotta protect their phoney baloney jobs, you know.
Parents and children who grew up on farms across the country told TheDC that the rule was overprotective and would have prevented kids from learning valuable skills at early ages.
But some folks born with a silver spoon in their mouths and who are totally disconnected from reality can't see things this way without help.
“Losing that work ethic — it’s so hard to pick this up later in life,” said Cherokee County, Kansas Farm Bureau president Jeff Clark. “There’s other ways to learn how to farm, but it’s so hard. You can learn so much more working on the farm when you’re 12, 13, 14 years old.”
Oh the horror! Work! Run for your lives!
Rep. Kristi Noem, Republican from South Dakota, also applauded the effort to nuke the idea borne out of stupidity scale back the rule.

“I want to thank every farmer, rancher and young person who joined many of us in Congress to speak out against this proposal, which would have fundamentally changed the way folks have been farming and ranching for generations,” she said in a statement. “I continue to agree that safety on farms and ranches is imperative, but telling kids they can’t do 4-H or farm-related chores is not the answer.”

The Daily Caller’s story about the proposed regulations quickly went viral on Wednesday, attracting hundreds of thousands of readers through Facebook, The Drudge Report and other online and social media platforms.
Thank God we have someone watching them. But I'm going to guess they won't learn a thing and will slink back to their dens and try to imagine other imaginary problems to solve and also try to figure out how to sneak these wonderful gems past the watchdogs.
Posted by gorb 2012-04-27 12:08|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Hilda Solis - tool of organized labor - should be fired
Posted by Frank G 2012-04-27 15:39||   2012-04-27 15:39|| Front Page Top

#2  "To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration."

Wonder what the expiration date is on that?
Posted by Sherry 2012-04-27 15:39||   2012-04-27 15:39|| Front Page Top

#3 "There's other ways to learn how to farm, but it's so hard. You can learn so much more working on the farm when you're 12, 13, 14 years old."

Ok, I won't say it.
Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-27 15:44||   2012-04-27 15:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Ag advocates have been fighting this since it was a rumor.

It is not a work where idle hands were just playing about and accidentally boo-bood themselves.

It has nothing to do with protecting kids. It has everything to do with shutting down the rural culture.

So the question is, why?

We out here know the answer. The EPA has been dicking around for 3 years with cow farts and dust taxes. Looking like a class b dork in front of troops ringing out God Bless America the very morning after we nearly got boned is infuriating.
Posted by swksvolFF 2012-04-27 18:56||   2012-04-27 18:56|| Front Page Top

#5 THis legislation is about cutting off self-reliance thought at a young age. Its also comes from the blue states looking down on those in the red states and figuring they know more then them. It was reversed because someone pointed out that the law would effect a number of battleground states and those populations were appalled at the stupidity and nerve.
Posted by rjschwarz 2012-04-27 20:41||   2012-04-27 20:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Flica, no longer an Enemy of the State.
Posted by swksvolFF 2012-04-27 21:50||   2012-04-27 21:50|| Front Page Top

#7 So glad to hear that they’ve pretty much squelched this ridiculous dictate that would fragment and impose further balkanization (Wull Duh! same-o,same-o) on our tightly-knit, inter-dependent and very hard-working US farm families.

I’m sure that they’re already struggling with the choking specter of much higher animal feed and vehicle fuel prices.
In a previous era, in “this here USA”, I loved driving my Grandpa’s tractor. I’d plow away doing various tasks and then change implements to drag around until dinner.
My Dad then promulgated the evening orders to my sister and I, “Pack your suitcases before you hit the sack tonight; we’re heading back to the Philippines tomorrow…But first, go give Grandma and Grandpa a great big kiss and hug. That’s how it was growing up. -cz-
Posted by canalzone 2012-04-27 22:45||   2012-04-27 22:45|| Front Page Top

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