Comments on: Police chief: 16 is the right age to let kids outside by themselves https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/police-chief-16-right-age-let-kids-outside/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 19 Jun 2016 02:24:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: FlimFlam https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/police-chief-16-right-age-let-kids-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-337555 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 02:24:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59747#comment-337555 In the mid 80s in MD (assuming the 32 yrs have not dulled my memory) the earliest you could work was 15 1/2 with a work permit.

How can someone work if not allowed out of the house?

Also, it was a job at minimum wage – $3.35 per hour.

Not making the min now

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/police-chief-16-right-age-let-kids-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-337542 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 19:07:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59747#comment-337542 Chief Jones certainly gets my vote for a Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellent proof of the existence of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

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