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NY Times reporter boy mowing White House lawn sends bad signal on child labor

Is it possible the guy was joking? Several posters here made similar jokes. I made a joke about how the kid was doing a crappy job and two posters thought I was serious.

If the reporter wasn't joking then he was being ridiculous.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Is it possible the guy was joking? Several posters here made similar jokes. I made a joke about how the kid was doing a crappy job and two posters thought I was serious.

If the reporter wasn't joking then he was being ridiculous.
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Another ...i was just joking excuse from the left
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Is it possible the guy was joking? Several posters here made similar jokes. I made a joke about how the kid was doing a crappy job and two posters thought I was serious.

If the reporter wasn't joking then he was being ridiculous.
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He wasn't joking. Here's the first tweet:

Not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety >> Trump White House lets a 10-year-old volunteer mow its lawn.
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then a second tweet:

What this kid wants to do is noble, but sorry, I'm mindful of problems--I've written lots about child labor & kids being hurt by machinery.
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NY Times reporter slammed after saying boy mowing White House lawn sends bad signal on child labor | Fox News

What a foolish statement. I grew up in the era of paper routes and mowing lawns...and lemonade stands. :)

I never felt "abused." I was happy to feel somewhat "independent" of an allowance.

This kid asked for the chance to do this, and he got it. Good show all around.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Is it possible the guy was joking? Several posters here made similar jokes. I made a joke about how the kid was doing a crappy job and two posters thought I was serious.

If the reporter wasn't joking then he was being ridiculous.
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Why should the reporter be given the benefit of the doubt when the NYT never extended that courtesy to Trump?

I'm mindful of problems--I've written lots about child labor & kids being hurt by machinery.”
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Doesn't look like he was joking. Why would you say that?
 
volsrock said:
NY Times reporter slammed after saying boy mowing White House lawn sends bad signal on child labor | Fox News


I guess if he was standing on a corner as a look out for a crack dealer that would be o.k. with the times.
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Anything that looks like it can be fashioned as an ANTI-TRUMP piece is good to go these days it seems, no matter how vindictive or how silly or how stupid it is.

"TRUMP HAS GOTTA GO...EXISTENTIAL THREAT...NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!"

"ALL WHO THINK LIKE HIM NEED TO EITHER CONVERT OR BE CRUSHED"

"AND THE SOONER THEY DIE THE BETTER!"

"HEATHENS DONT HAVE RIGHTS!"

:screwy
 
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This slime ball would be just fine with the kid standing on a dangerous street corner begging for money....no machinery u know
 
Captain Adverse said:
He wasn't joking. Here's the first tweet:



then a second tweet:

NY Times reporter slammed after saying boy mowing White House lawn sends bad signal on child labor | Fox News

What a foolish statement. I grew up in the era of paper routes and mowing lawns...and lemonade stands. :)

I never felt "abused." I was happy to feel somewhat "independent" of an allowance.

This kid asked for the chance to do this, and he got it. Good show all around.
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So, yeah, the reporter is being ridiculous.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
So, yeah, the reporter is being ridiculous.
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Editors used to protect their business by pulling copy that was stupid. But hey it slammed Trump
 
Michelle Obama brought kids in to labor in the WH vegetable garden. I suppose you could compare this with picking cotton on the plantation.

Looks like kids doing labor too me, NYTs thought this was great


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I couldn't get my son to mow the grass when he was 10-11 years old without waterboarding him first.

When a lady 2 houses down offered him 20 bucks a week, he turned into a businessman.

I came home from a 10 month deployment to find a nice used dirt bike in my garage and another mower next to mine.

He picked up a number of customers while I was gone.
 
eohrnberger said:
Of for F'sS!

Nothing wrong with an 11 year old cutting a lawn. It's called work, effort, and the 11 year old will be better off for having done it.

GD coastal leftists!
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Most liberals are unemployed, that's why they don't understand a child willing to work and earn income.
 
reinoe said:
Why should the reporter be given the benefit of the doubt when the NYT never extended that courtesy to Trump?


Doesn't look like he was joking. Why would you say that?
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Oh my God. That reporter is such a moron.
 
volsrock said:
Michelle Obama brought kids in to labor in the WH vegetable garden. I suppose you could compare this with picking cotton on the plantation.

Looks like kids doing labor too me, NYTs thought this was great


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Of course the Obama's and the NYT didn't have a problem with that. Work for the sole purpose of benefitting the elites in the W.H. is no problem to them. A person voluntarily mowing a lawn is what causes them outrage.
 
RetiredUSN said:
I couldn't get my son to mow the grass when he was 10-11 years old without waterboarding him first.

When a lady 2 houses down offered him 20 bucks a week, he turned into a businessman.

I came home from a 10 month deployment to find a nice used dirt bike in my garage and another mower next to mine.

He picked up a number of customers while I was gone.
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So I guess the moral was he needed a certain amount of cash to mow the lawn, you were too cheap. (presuming you didn't offer to pay or pay enough) His price was 20 bucks, and guess he got it.
 
TheGoverness said:
Oh my God. That reporter is such a moron.
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Indeed. Apparently has lost all ability to reason and has been completely over taken by Trump Derangement Syndrome, if I'd hazard a guess.
 
PirateMk1 said:
So I guess the moral was he needed a certain amount of cash to mow the lawn, you were too cheap. (presuming you didn't offer to pay or pay enough) His price was 20 bucks, and guess he got it.
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How else is a youngster going to learn the market price, if he doesn't come in cheap (or over market) on occasion?
 
volsrock said:
Michelle Obama brought kids in to labor in the WH vegetable garden. I suppose you could compare this with picking cotton on the plantation.

Looks like kids doing labor too me, NYTs thought this was great


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reinoe said:
Of course the Obama's and the NYT didn't have a problem with that. Work for the sole purpose of benefitting the elites in the W.H. is no problem to them. A person voluntarily mowing a lawn is what causes them outrage.
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Perfect exemplar of the hypocritical TDS news media.

No one should trust a single word they say, write, or broadcast. Clearly all are driven by their political agenda.
 
eohrnberger said:
How else is a youngster going to learn the market price, if he doesn't come in cheap (or over market) on occasion?
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The youngster did learn the going price, it was the papa who didn't and therefor needed to waterboard for services rendered. :cool:
 
reinoe said:
Of course the Obama's and the NYT didn't have a problem with that. Work for the sole purpose of benefitting the elites in the W.H. is no problem to them. A person voluntarily mowing a lawn is what causes them outrage.
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It looks like it depends on which side of the aisle the current elite of the house leans.
 
It seems like a pretty big lawn for a ten-year-old but I see nothing wrong with the effort and don't really see a connection to child labor problems.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Is it possible the guy was joking? Several posters here made similar jokes. I made a joke about how the kid was doing a crappy job and two posters thought I was serious.

If the reporter wasn't joking then he was being ridiculous.
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He followed up wtih other tweets. Seems he's serious. The only good point I've seen from him is that it's widely recomended to not let kids under 12 or 13 (I forget) to use push mowers as they cause alot of injuries in younger kids. But his tweet mostly seemed like silly dog****.
 
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