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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: pcstel who wrote (67845)11/6/2013 7:44:37 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
I agree the child labor isn't inherently and automatically wrong. Even in rich countries it can be beneficial for the child.

I'd double down on that statement for poorer countries, where the options for the children other than their current child labor are often much worse. Not "go to a nice school" or "stay home and play", rather after losing their factory job producing goods for consumption in wealthy countries might be something like, prostitute yourself, become a street beggar, steal, sell drugs, dig through toxic waste dumps for low value recyclables, join up with a criminal and/or revolutionary and/or terrorist group, or just die.
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