Quote:Why not ban children under the age of 18 from working in any farming industry if this is about protecting them? 

 

Well liberals are really concerned about the children.  The children have to work in "extreme heat", use "dangerous tools and machinery", lift "heavy loads", and climb into the rafters of barns "several stories tall".

 

There is so much bunk to this whole situation that comes from the "report from Human Rights Watch" (a liberal organization).

 

As a child, I worked not only in "extreme heat" in the New Mexico desert, I also worked with and around "dangerous animals" such as goats, pigs, cows, horses, etc.

 

As a child I worked with "dangerous tools and machinery" such as tractors, tillers, lawn mowers, etc.

 

As a child I often had to "lift heavy loads" such as a bale of hay.

 

I have been around and in several barns and I've never seen one "several stories high".

 

Here's the real thing that liberals ignore.  The "child labor" doesn't really exist except possibly in the case of illegal aliens.  I would bet that the parents of children in the tobacco growing states send their children to school rather than make them go to work on farms.  I would also bet that the vast majority of tobacco farms would not hire and/or employ a young child.

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