Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoL.A. poultry firm hired kids as young as 14 to work with sharp knives, Labor Dept. sayswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1249
arrow-up1249external-linkL.A. poultry firm hired kids as young as 14 to work with sharp knives, Labor Dept. sayswww.cnbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 year agoif you can work at 14, you should be able to vote too
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoYou can have sixteen guns and get your cousin pregnant, but god forbid you be able to vote or act in a responsible way at that age.
minus-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI don’t think getting your cousin pregnant at 14yo is very responsible but I see what you mean
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou’re right you should wait until she’s at least 16. In Utah if you haven’t gotten a girl or three pregnant in high school, then you’re queer.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoThe crazy thing is at 18, you’re old enough to vote but not old enough to drink.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIs there a historical reason for 21 in the US ? It’s such an odd age compared to most other countries
minus-squareWestwardWind@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoReagan wanted states to raise the drinking age so he threatened to withhold federal highway funding from states that didn’t
if you can work at 14, you should be able to vote too
You can have sixteen guns and get your cousin pregnant, but god forbid you be able to vote or act in a responsible way at that age.
I don’t think getting your cousin pregnant at 14yo is very responsible but I see what you mean
You’re right you should wait until she’s at least 16. In Utah if you haven’t gotten a girl or three pregnant in high school, then you’re queer.
The crazy thing is at 18, you’re old enough to vote but not old enough to drink.
Is there a historical reason for 21 in the US ? It’s such an odd age compared to most other countries
Reagan wanted states to raise the drinking age so he threatened to withhold federal highway funding from states that didn’t
Many thanks!