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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants. (lite.cnn.com)
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Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.

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[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 127 points 6 days ago

Great to see Republican embracing who they are: Child abusers.

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 83 points 6 days ago

Good news: nobody needs a chimney sweep these days

Bad news: we have even more dangerous mechanical monsters that could use little hands

Florida always 1 uping itself.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 59 points 6 days ago

I really thought this was the onion. Satire is dead. Republicans are scum.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 55 points 6 days ago

We DoNt NeEd MiNiMuM wAgE lAwS, ThE mArKeT fOrCeS pAy ChAnGeS!

....riiiiiiight.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

Unbridled capitalisms only real end game is slavery.

[-] whatyousaidontwitter@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 days ago

Where's the 'think about the kids' crowd now lol

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 54 points 6 days ago

Fuck dem kids, right Florida? Those little fingers are great for picking fruit. /s

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There it is the real purpose of forcing women to give birth

[-] kittenzrulz123 14 points 5 days ago

Ah right, the "pro life" state that really "cares about dem kids" above the rights and life of the mother.

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Oh boy, I definitely want kids now. 🙄

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

It's the only way you'll be able to survive past 70 soon.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 18 points 6 days ago

Florida doesn't have mines, so how could the minors yearn for the mines?

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

The mines are metaphorical now.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

They will be mining oranges...

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Florida doesn’t have oranges anymore because they failed to regulate the spread of disease. It’s very on bRand.

[-] cupcakezealot 13 points 6 days ago

this must be what they mean when they said they're taking our (kids) jobs

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago

lol ok sure. Fucking go for it. I have genuinely stopped caring about whatever fucking idiocy goes on below the mason dixon line at this point. Fucking confeds.

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 4 points 6 days ago

Fuck dem kids, right Florida? Those little fingers are great for picking fruit. /s

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Good opportunity to get ahead of the student loans!

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