It’s like that politician waxing poetically about:
“Before I was even 13 years old, I was picking berries in the field, before child labor laws that precluded that. I was a paper boy, and when I was in high school, I worked my entire way through,” McCormick said.
Yes, let’s have our children work your nonexistent jobs in 2025. Of course his solution is fucking fast food. Sorry but I want my child to get an education so he can work beyond fast food or food delivery instead of picking berries at 9.
Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia, of course he’s from a fucking Red State which also shit out his fellow Rep and revenge porn advocate MTG.
Being that he's from Georgia, it's extremely possible his not lying about spending his childhood picking berries even if he's mistaken about child labor laws.
Most child labor laws actually have exceptions for children working at on farms (especially family farms) as long as no heavy equipment is involved, and it was accepted that if you were a child living in Rural Georgia you were going to be put to work on a farm by your parents at some point (regardless of labor laws).
This practice has died out because so much farm labor is mechanized these days and much of the farmland is corporate owned now, but up until say the 90's or so it was common.
My grandmother still complains of her back hurting anytime she sees a cotton field form her childhood days picking it.
The end result is very straightforward: cut spending on social programs (that don't produce profits for his donors) and more importantly, cut wages (why pay an adult above minimum wage when a high school student can be paid to do that job for far less?).
I used to pick berries at a very young age. Used to get scratched up like crazy, but the worst was when you freaked out the beehive and got stung to shit. We weren't allowed to stop picking until our quota was fulfilled. It was tough work and the pay was terrible. Two entire Coolwhip containers and all I got was a piece of blackberry pie that grandma made.
Given the average demographic of a Republican politician, he probably picked berries on his dad's multimillion dollar estate for, like, a day one time.
Funny. I worked at the store up the street from my house when I was 13. I also sold subscriptions to the Fairfax Journal when I was 10.
I also delivered papers from ages 7-10.
My uncle worked in the fields as a kid and he... oh wait, he was in foster care and was forced to. And the courts later determined it was slavery. This must be a bad example (or just an example.)
Ya, forcing kids to work without pay, or with minimal pay and no oversight or protections (because they cannot legally agree to anything)...yep, slavery.
"If they want a better job they should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and teach themselves marketable skills!"
(Meanwhile, Khan Academy is no longer accessible on PatriotNet because it was deemed to be illegal competition with American schools and cut into their profits.)
And I'm sure his parents fed him. BTW, McCormick is working on his third wife: McCormick has three sons from his first marriage. McCormick's second wife, Debra Miller, is an oncologist. They separated in 2024. Shortly thereafter, Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne confirmed she and McCormick were in a relationship.\33]) Wikipedia
This cracked me up because until you said "non-existent job" I forgot that paperboys no longer exist. I remember encouraging my nieces to get a job delivering papers - such a brave feminist act. That job vanished before feminism even advanced enough for us to change the job title from "paperboy."
I started working full time jobs at 11. Worked with my mom in orchards and weird odds and ends jobs at 9. Im under 40.
Regardless of political leaning, unless youre a buffoon, you should be trying to make a better life for your fellow countrymen and children. That is what patriotism is; not gluck glucking some asswipe who has never done actual labor in his life and thinks making threats on a golf course is a good negotiation and hard days work.
TBH living in a car for a month in the summer before college starts counts as "being homeless". Working for a couple days on a farm as a 12yo and getting 20$ from it counts as "child labor is ok". You only have to work two jobs for a couple weeks to claim it!
Ask them how long they worked, how much they earned, and when they worked. And you'll see they worked during a summer camp or on their family farm for a few days.
My family has moved from poor into the "well off" category and we can't even afford to eat much fast food anymore. What jobs will there be for kids when no one can afford it regardless of whether they have a five or six figure income?
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u/Fakeduhakkount 24d ago
It’s like that politician waxing poetically about:
“Before I was even 13 years old, I was picking berries in the field, before child labor laws that precluded that. I was a paper boy, and when I was in high school, I worked my entire way through,” McCormick said.
Yes, let’s have our children work your nonexistent jobs in 2025. Of course his solution is fucking fast food. Sorry but I want my child to get an education so he can work beyond fast food or food delivery instead of picking berries at 9.
Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia, of course he’s from a fucking Red State which also shit out his fellow Rep and revenge porn advocate MTG.