State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights

[chowmama]

2. The adult voters who support this,

who want their kids to help supplement the family income, are nuts if they think this is going to help.

We saw it in the Gilded Age. As soon as kids can work legally and fill the adult jobs for less money, the adults get fired. Soon, the kids are the only ones in the household who can get a job. A low-paying job that won't support the family, and there's no other family income to 'supplement'.

Business does great. Profits soar. Families starve. And it's all legal.

Rinse, repeat.