Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoL.A. poultry firm hired kids as young as 14 to work with sharp knives, Labor Dept. sayswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down14
arrow-up1226arrow-down1external-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 · 10 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·10 months agoif you can work at 14, you should be able to vote too
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months 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-up3·10 months agoI don’t think getting your cousin pregnant at 14yo is very responsible but I see what you mean
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months 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-up9·10 months agoThe crazy thing is at 18, you’re old enough to vote but not old enough to drink.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months 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-up8·10 months 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!