The Republican War on Children

[Dogsauce]

No, we do not!!!

Family farms have always operated this way.

Factory work should never be allowed for children.

I wouldn’t look at it that way myself. Farming is an extremely dangerous profession and still kills people. Per capita in the UK I had a feeling it was worse than factory work.

Construction is the real killer (and a lot of that happens on farms too)

Edited to add the following info from the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the period April 2021 to March 2022:

the rate of fatal injuries (per 100,000 workers) in the agricultural sector remains the highest of all major industries. The agricultural worker fatal injury rate is 21 times higher than the average five-year annual rate across all industries.

Source

I would expect similar in the US, perhaps worsened by having larger distances to reach emergency care.

 

[spring-peeper]

I wouldn’t look at it that way myself. Farming is an extremely dangerous profession and still kills people. Per capita in the UK I had a feeling it was worse than factory work.

Construction is the real killer (and a lot of that happens on farms too)

Yes, children die every year working on the family farm. However, it is called a family farm for a reason - your family does chores.

Improvements and education over the years have decreased the annual numbers of injury and death.

Children dying on the family farm are far less than other activities. Just recently, two lads drowned in the river and another died playing hockey. And that is just around here. Banning children from doing chores is as ridiculous as banning children from playing hockey or out going for a stroll.

It is all about risk management.

 

[petee]

I would expect similar in the US, perhaps worsened by having larger distances to reach emergency care.

don't know about farming, but logging and commercial fishing are the most dangerous trades.

10 Most Dangerous Jobs In America For 2023

Work injuries are a fact of life in all professions. In fact, a total of 5,190 fatal work injuries occurred across the United States in 2021. This was an 8.9% increase compared with the prior year when 4,764 work-related deaths occurred. And it means 3.6 people died per every 100,000 full-time worke

www.forbes.com

 

[Ax^]

I've read them, I have a kid in school. I've read Gender Queer for example, as have thousands of American 11 year-olds. Have you?

seem as you of an age phil and guessing from the uk at some point

you must remember the book bannings around section 28 the hysterical and pearl clutching from what history has consigned to bigoted troglodytae fuckwits

or look at history with nazi looting the institute of sexology in 1933

like most points your trying to make you place yourself on one side of an argument

just don't have the cajones to come out and say it publicly

 

[phildwyer]

seem as you of an age phil and guessing from the uk at some point

you must remember the book bannings around section 28 the hysterical and pearl clutching from what history has consigned to bigoted troglodytae fuckwits

or look at history with nazi looting the institute of sexology in 1933

like most points your trying to make you place yourself on one side of an argument

just don't have the cajones to come out and say it publicly

It's not a matter of cojones, I'm just ambivalent on the issue.

Basically, I do want them to read books like Gender Queer, but not when they're 11 years old. And I question the motives of those who've suddenly introduced such material into the curriculum.

 

[Ax^]

gender queer was never included in any curriculum was advised on a suggested listed of book teacher and educator should read by the nea


fox news made a hyperbolic news storm about it and you bought into it


jesus if they found out William s boroughs books are stocked in many libraries can you imagine the reaction

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It's not a matter of cojones, I'm just ambivalent on the issue.

Basically, I do want them to read books like Gender Queer, but not when they're 11 years old. And I question the motives of those who've suddenly introduced such material into the curriculum.

Librarians and teachers get extensive training on age-appropriate materials. I just finished a class on Children's Lit. and the final was a bibliography of 50 books, with a 100-word assessment of each book's educational, artistic, and cultural significance, with a notation on the intended audience by age. Despite all of the propaganda to the contrary teachers aren't lining up to turn your kids gay. Most teachers have their hands full just getting them to sit down long enough to learn a bit of math and reading. That's their agenda.

 

[Ax^]

do waste you breath Yuwipi

we have a Tucker Carlson believer in our mists

jesus even fox lawyers used to defend this guys saying " no reasonably intelligent adult would not be able to spot that his based bullshite was make believer"

but here is Dwyer

 

[8ball]

I haven’t read Gender Queer.

Though I would worry about anywhere that encourages an eight year old to read anything by Rod Liddle.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's not a matter of cojones, I'm just ambivalent on the issue.

Basically, I do want them to read books like Gender Queer, but not when they're 11 years old. And I question the motives of those who've suddenly introduced such material into the curriculum.

Age eleven, you pretty much know your orientation. Books don't turn you gay.

Maybe you should try reading some.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Billionaire Gov. of Nebraska says: "I don't believe in welfare."

The Republican governor of Nebraska is standing by his decision to reject a federal program that would give the state $18 million to help feed food-insecure children next summer.

Gov. Jim Pillen reiterated his stance in a statement Friday on why the state won’t be participating in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children or Summer EBT program.

“COVID-19 is over and Nebraska taxpayers expect that pandemic-era government relief programs will end too,” Pillen said in a statement.

The program, made available in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, would give EBT cards to low-income families whose kids are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school.

Families would receive $40 a month per child over the summer. In exchange for the $18 million in federal funds, the state would have to pay $300,000 in administrative costs.

“I don’t believe in welfare,” Pillen said at a previous news conference about his decision to reject the funds.

Instead, Pillen said, the state would continue to help kids through the Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals to low-income kids who are signed up for on-site services like summer school and camps.

At a rally on Friday in front of the Governor’s Residence, advocates for the federal program argued the Summer Food Service Program doesn’t reach thousands of kids who aren’t able to participate in those on-site programs, the Nebraska Examiner reported.

MSN

I used to stock a little free pantry near a school. I had a teacher wander over one day and tell me how glad she was that people were making an effort to feed her kids because so many were hungry in school. Nearly every day I'd see kids getting apples and granola bars out of the box after school and loading up on mac and cheese for supper. These programs are definitely needed, especially in a state where the voters had to have a referendum to raise minimum wage from $9.00 an hour because our lawmakers wouldn't do it. Even yet, minimum wage isn't anything to brag about. It went up today to $12.00 an hour.

 

[phildwyer]

Age eleven, you pretty much know your orientation. Books don't turn you gay.

It's not the gayness I object to, it's the crude and explicit verbal and visual depictions of sex-acts.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's not the gayness I object to, it's the crude and explicit verbal and visual depictions of sex-acts.

Don't read em then

 

[petee]

Even yet, minimum wage isn't anything to brag about. It went up today to $12.00 an hour.

a litle good news in that department, though not in NE

Happy new year: A bunch of minimum wage increases just took effect

The boosts in pay stands to disproportionately benefit Black and Hispanic workers and women.

www.motherjones.com

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

a litle good news in that department, though not in NE

Happy new year: A bunch of minimum wage increases just took effect

The boosts in pay stands to disproportionately benefit Black and Hispanic workers and women.

www.motherjones.com

It's getting a bit better even here (despite our lawmakers). The minimum wage went from 10.50 to 12.00 on January 1. Next Jan 1, it will go up to 13:50 and the year after that it will go up to 15.00. At that point, it will be pegged to inflation. What minimum wage legislation proves is that you can't trust your representatives to look our for your interests. Nearly all of the rise across the country in minimum wages occurred due to voter ballot iniatives. It wasn't due to lawmakers seeing a problem and fixing it.

 

[petee]

okay then.

Nebraska governor reverses course and says state will take federal funding to feed children

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has reversed course and now says he will accept federal funding to help feed hungry children during the summer break

abcnews.go.com

 

[Nylock]

Well, it is an election year after all....

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

okay then.

Nebraska governor reverses course and says state will take federal funding to feed children

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has reversed course and now says he will accept federal funding to help feed hungry children during the summer break

abcnews.go.com

Might have something to do with the number of people asking about how much corporate welfare his ag business got during the pandemic and gets every year from the USDA in farm subsidies, the same entity that's providing the money for food for kids. He got more than $7 million, or about 39% of the money this program provides. Every time he spoke anywhere you could ask questions; he was asked about this. Anytime a story appeared in the paper it was flooded with this question. He didn't see the light so much as cave from the embarrassment, especially when he has school children telling him there's hungry kids in school.

But don't worry, he has another plan to rob from the poor to give to the rich. He's announced a plan to lower property taxes. He wants to raise the state sales tax to pay for it by 1%. As everyone here knows, this kind of tax is regressive and shifts the tax burden from those well off enough to afford property to those with incomes too low to buy a house. This is in addition to tax cuts he signed into law a few months ago:

Office of Governor Pillen

Governor Jim Pillen was sworn in as Nebraska’s 41st Governor on January 5, 2023. He enters office with the goal of protecting, training, and keeping our kids in Nebraska, cutting taxes, growing agriculture, and defending our commonsense, conservative values.

governor.nebraska.gov

The $18 Million is chump change to accept in comparison to raising the sales tax, which will claw back $1.5 billion for his plan to lower property taxes.

Gov. Pillen previews his property tax plan, other goals for 2024 legislative session • Nebraska Examiner

Pillen outlined pieces of his property tax plan and priorities during an interview before the 2024 legislative session starts Wednesday.

nebraskaexaminer.com

 

[petee]

maybe we need a contest where posters imagine the lowest you can go

https://www.newstribune.com/news/2024/feb/15/modot-claims-unborn-baby-killed-in-crash-as-an/

Kaitlyn Anderson was nearly six months pregnant and an employee for the Missouri Department of Transportation when a vehicle struck and killed her at a worksite.

MoDOT has attempted to claim Anderson's unborn child, Jaxx, as an employee, which would make the case a worker's compensation issue rather than a wrongful death suit.

 

[spring-peeper]

"I think that if an unborn fetus is an employee, then every pregnant MoDOT employee should be paid double," said Rep. Renee Reuter, R-Imperial.

 

[petee]

hint: it was republicans

Why Texas refused $450 million to help feed 3.8 million hungry kids this summer​

MSN

 

[High Voltage]

Global perspectives on the Alabama ruling, IVF and when cells become a person.

If the GOP carries on like this, pretty soon, wanking's going to run the risk of being outlawed

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Global perspectives on the Alabama ruling, IVF and when cells become a person.

If the GOP carries on like this, pretty soon, wanking's going to run the risk of being outlawed

Near as I can tell they haven't outlawed wanking yet, but they have outlawed the use of toys, and you can't wank and send picture of it to your partner. So you're still ok if you do it in a dark room, by yourself, and by hand as God intended.

2013 Code of Alabama :: Title 13A - CRIMINAL CODE. :: Chapter 12 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS. :: Section 13A-12-190 - Definitions.

law.justia.com

 

[petee]

more of it to come

 

[petee]

Yuwipi Woman someone's been reading your posts!

The Right’s War On America’s Children

Kids Are Under Attack On Multiple Fronts

www.oliverexplains.com

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Yuwipi Woman someone's been reading your posts!

The Right’s War On America’s Children

Kids Are Under Attack On Multiple Fronts

www.oliverexplains.com

They're probably reading the headlines rather than my posts. It seems self-evident to me.

 

[NoXion]

When I was younger I used to think that the villains in Captain Planet were unbelievable. Nowadays I'm not so sure.

 

[Ax^]