NSW Gov Really Wants Kids Under 18 To Work Off COVID Fines It’s Giving Child Slavery

When Britney Jean Spears penned “Work Bitch” in 2013, she described a world in which we all hustled hard for monetary gain — which we could then exchange for goods such as “a Lamborghini” (Spears, et al. 2013). What she did not envision, however, was a society in which the NSW government makes 10-year-olds participate in unpaid labour so that they may work off large COVID fines. In this essay, I will… According to the Guardian

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Let's be real. The only 10yos that will be forced to work off covid fines will be Black and Brown kids. https://t.co/rkE74igxrY

— 100% Black (@MelindaMann01) July 21, 2022

cops fined 3,000 mostly highly vulnerable children for bullshit "covid violations" and now they want them to do forced labour if they can't come up with the money to pay the fines. real sick sad world shit

— Eleanor Robertson (@marrowing) July 20, 2022

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We’re back to Dickensian times. The NSW government suggests children between 10 & 17 can work off Covid fines. The Guardian.

— Di P-W Athiest Lefty No DMs unless we follow. (@DiPw122) July 20, 2022

NSW govt disproportionately applied Covid rules leaving vulnerable communities with heavier restrictions & more stringent police checks. They instructed police to issue fines to kids as young as 10, refused to have them waived & instead gave them the option to “work” instead.

— stranger (@strangerous10) July 20, 2022

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