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The negative takes bashing capitalism are weird. First, because keys loves summer jobs and pocket money! Also, it can be fun: I fondly remember my first job! I

by csdvrx 4y ago

The negative takes bashing capitalism are weird. First, because keys loves summer jobs and pocket money! Also, it can be fun: I fondly remember my first job! It felt nice to start feeling useful and do valuable things instead of just netflix and games. I only wish I could have started earlier, as it also gave me the opportunity to learn many interesting things and increase my skillset. You may want more money, but if you are an adult and already have a job, maybe think about the kids who'd love to get A job and ANY money at all!

uejfiweun 4y ago
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- slater 4y ago
  "Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - uejfiweun 4y ago
    Heh, I guess I am turning into the very low-quality poster I am trying to stop. Thanks for the rules link.
falcolas 4y ago
Except, this isn't about paying kids. It's about working around paying adults living wages (so they can, you know, go home and spend time with their kids instead of going to a second or third job). And it's also about increasing corporate profits by not paying adults living wages.
- OrvalWintermute 4y ago
  I don't think adults are truly competing with teenagers for these gigs. The main industry mentioned is meatpacking, which is an industry rife with the exploitation of undocumented labor to pay substandard rates already https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2008/11/06/large-iowa-meatpacker-in-illegal-immigrant-raid-files-for-bankruptcy/31263519007/ https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2008/11/06/large-iowa-meatp...
ssnistfajen 4y ago
Because the industries mentioned in the article have trouble filling job openings due to unfavourable working conditions and unwilling to offer adequate wage that can offset those unfavourable conditions. Invoking your own anecdote of laid-back summer jobs with total disregard of what's actually happening with these child labour law changes just shows you had a privileged childhood and you are unaware of how not everyone could afford the same privileges as you.
barbazoo 4y ago
I wonder how fun it would be to work at a meat packing plant.

by csdvrx 4y ago

uejfiweun 4y ago

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slater 4y ago
"Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- uejfiweun 4y ago
  Heh, I guess I am turning into the very low-quality poster I am trying to stop. Thanks for the rules link.

falcolas 4y ago

Except, this isn't about paying kids. It's about working around paying adults living wages (so they can, you know, go home and spend time with their kids instead of going to a second or third job). And it's also about increasing corporate profits by not paying adults living wages.

OrvalWintermute 4y ago
I don't think adults are truly competing with teenagers for these gigs. The main industry mentioned is meatpacking, which is an industry rife with the exploitation of undocumented labor to pay substandard rates already https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2008/11/06/large-iowa-meatpacker-in-illegal-immigrant-raid-files-for-bankruptcy/31263519007/ https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2008/11/06/large-iowa-meatp...

ssnistfajen 4y ago

Because the industries mentioned in the article have trouble filling job openings due to unfavourable working conditions and unwilling to offer adequate wage that can offset those unfavourable conditions. Invoking your own anecdote of laid-back summer jobs with total disregard of what's actually happening with these child labour law changes just shows you had a privileged childhood and you are unaware of how not everyone could afford the same privileges as you.

barbazoo 4y ago

I wonder how fun it would be to work at a meat packing plant.