Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald's instead

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51. He went to a private high school that now charges $20k/yr.

If he picked berries, he probably did it like me (picking peas, beans, etc) out of my parent's garden when I was five.

Or he did it at a family friend's farm more like a dilettante than like a migrant who is doing it to survive under the supervision of demanding and generally uncaring field owners.

I do think it is valuable to work when growing up, but working for the uncaring beast of the corporation is a whole lot different than working for family or family friends. There is a big reason for labor laws.

One thing that definitely should happen is that working should count as much or even more than extracurriculars (especially expensive extracurriculars) for scholarships and college admittance.

To withhold food to children because they don't work is immoral. You need to work on the incentive side, not on the punitive side.