Many places are already advertising for 14-15 year olds and offering them less than the usual minimum wage for sub-20 year olds (because legally they can do tha

Many places are already advertising for 14-15 year olds and offering them less than the usual minimum wage for sub-20 year olds (because legally they can do that) and since families need money some of them are taking them up on it. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/32-minimum-wage-youth#:~:text=The%20law%20allows%20employers%20to%20pay%20employees%20under,Who%20may%20be%20paid%20the%20youth%20minimum%20wage%3F https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/32-minimum-wage... I feel it's a terrible practice and exploiting a legal loophole. Also, specifically for meat packing plants, it is explicitly illegal for under 18-year-olds to operate the machinery: https://www.employmentlawhandbook.com/employment-and-labor-laws/federal/flsa/child-labor/16-17-year-olds/ https://www.employmentlawhandbook.com/employment-and-labor-l... However, they can clean the machinery and thanks to the protections this bill is offering if the random child gets ground into hamburger the plant won't have to pay the family much of anything. I can't think of this as anything but a travesty, doing harmful things to our fellow Americans just to hurt them, so forgive me if my responses sound unwell.