No, they're mocking the notion that children actually want to be economically exploited. The specific phrase has some history in related online discourse.
Did you see emotion in my question, or in my use of the word "inflammatory"? If so, perhaps you should determine what is causing you to project emotion in this way.
So either it stirred within you emotions, or you're discrediting it because you're assuming that it does in others. I'm curious which of those it is. Is it the latter? Why would you care so much what others feel? What sort of violence would it imply?
So many unanswered questions. You have a fascinating mind gnicholas.
The phrase is a satirical meme used to sarcastically comment on the ongoing tendencies to ease child labour restrictions and crontrols in certain parts of the US.
Edit: those downvoting me, please consider that this is not necessarily the opinion I hold, I am not from the US and I might not have enough background information to even judge this. What I wrore above is what a 5 minutes on research on that phrase brought up.