Make 'em work! Build those burgers! Clean those sewers!

A seemingly minor proposed change in the Florida law regarding child labor. The one word difference changes the limits on hours worked from a mandate, to an option. Currently, a child can drop out of school in Florida at 16. With no hard limit on the number of hours that can be worked in a week, many may decide they would rather have the money than an education. Others may actually prefer to stay in school, but will sleep through class because a ā€œJCā€ demands they work more hours, or be fired and replaced by someone who will work all the hours.

There is also a video report from Scripps News embedded in the article that is interesting.

again, please ignore the inflammatory rhetoric in the piece.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/something-nefarious-florida-republicans-look-to-loosen-child-labor-laws/ar-AA1hR1lf?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=58dc25a5120747f6880fa62d6dd42ab4&ei=7

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