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Have you considered pivoting out of the baking industry and into something more profit-positive?
Yes. I do run a software company as well, but the bakery is a family business that will be sticking around. We are considering selling the custom software I wrote to other bakeries to manager their production.
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Yes, then everyone can be less employable. If you redistribute the resulting capital returns, that could be nice, sure. Stick to neoliberal capitalism and it's dystopian, though.
What alternative do you propose?
It's great.
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#33So child labour in other countries is a no go but in US is ok ? Yes 16-17 is at limit but ...
16-17 isn't the youngest, I had a job at 14 and other states might go even lower.
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16-17 isn't the youngest, I had a job at 14 and other states might go even lower.
I remember that LA County (California) gave school students a pamphlet that had the conditions for minors to get a job in that jurisdiction. 16-year-olds could definitely get jobs after going through a few hoops. 14-year-olds had more hoops, including that it had to be a family business, such as Junior filling in at Father's jewelry store after school. I think it was possible for a supervised 12-year-old to legally w…