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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (42765)	12/8/2003 3:10:55 PM
From: macavity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Yes I agree that is better than child labour in the long run. I just think it is a non-starter in the shortrun. But these are not small families, as Grace has pointed out. So you would pay for a family of 2 parents and say 8-10 kids? And your wages would be adequate for them to live well, feed well, and provide a good education? I do not disagree with that - it sounds good, but I would guess that the economics of this transaction would preclude corporations going abroad and prevent any money therefore going to the country. The country would then have to go to the IMF for development money. -macavity

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (42765)	12/10/2003 10:02:26 PM
From: Steve Felix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

"He provided education, health care, even snow removal for his workforce(without child labor) and still managed to become one of the wealthiest men in USA." <without child labor> That is total crap except from a privileged American point of view. You did very little research if you didn't find out how those beans got to Hershey. Slave and child labor. It hasn't stopped. Maybe you should join the chocolate boycotts. news.bbc.co.uk stopchildlabor.org