The Republicans forget that parents have the final say, and today’s youth do not hold jobs, so it will be difficult to find and keep help.

The proposed law would allow children aged 14 to 17 to work in plants, and slaughterhouses, letting businesses off the hook for civil liabilities for injury. Killed by negligence of the business. Children don’t belong in plants. All this amounts to is child labor exploitation. The teenager will not be paid for the same work their adult counterparts are doing.