Current Events > Idaho Lawmaker Wants Children to WORK for Those Free Lunches

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-lawmaker-wants-children-to-work-for-those-free-lunches

Idaho state Rep. Ron Mendive thinks his states school kids should have to sweat for their pizza squares and chicken nuggets.

If we could find a way for the students to work to earn credits for their school lunch, I dont think wed see any of the waste we do in that program because it doesnt mean much, he said during an education committee meeting on Tuesday.

Mendive did not say whether he envisioned first graders sweeping floors or wiping down tables to pay for meals. He also did not indicate how he would get around Idaho child labor laws, which say children must be at least 14 for non-agricultural work. The law is supposed to be enforced by local school boards as well as by probation officers.

Capitalism has no qualms about child labor

remember that

child labor laws only exist because Unions literally fought against the capitalists to make child labor not a thing