Quote:History can not be observed in a vacuum, let's face it the era of child labor is irrelevant do to innovation and the elimination of a need for cheap labor by machines. Just as the need for slave labor is irrelevant by innovation and the development of agriculture equipment in mass. 

 

 

If they eliminated child labor laws today, there'd be a million kids working tomorrow, due largely to the very market forces you have explained in this and other threads.  And of course, they'd be working for minimum wage, unless we eliminated that too.

 

There's a certain minimum amount of influence the government must have over absolute personal freedom.  In my experience in the workforce, I think we're pretty close to it with the labor, safety, and yes, environmental protection laws the way they are written now.

 

As for paid leave, my wife had it when our son was born, but I didn't.  I wish I had.

 

Boy, for a Republican, Donald sure seems to like the giving everyone free stuff.

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