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To: Land Shark who wrote (986457)	12/9/2016 2:14:32 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	4 Recommendations Recommended By Bearcatbob miraje POKERSAM Stock Puppy Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570745

Why do I bother? No OHSA, no pollution regulations, no limits on working hours Those, for example, would have impeded refinements in the use of scarce resources that have alternative uses that made subsequent delightful improvements possible. At that stage of capital development child labor was necessary for the little bastards to survive. I've had two friends who had to hit the road young, one at twelve, the other at fourteen when FDR had the reins. Their families couldn't feed them and they had no choice. Their chances were better that existed a generation or three prior. In the comforts of present circumstances, built on efforts of preceding generations, the simple can't grasp how far we came, nor how it happened. Hint: it was from the unknowable complexities in chains of human action, not legislation emanating from the vile and stupid.

To: Land Shark who wrote (986457)	12/10/2016 2:06:09 AM
From: Bilow	6 Recommendations Recommended By d[-_-]b FJB i-node locogringo longz and 1 more member Respond to of 1570745

Hi Land Shark; Re: "At the beginning of the 20th Century, there was child labor too and workers were like chattel, enslaved to their employers. No OHSA, no pollution regulations, no limits on working hours. I guess you want to return to all that. Most sane civilized people don't."; At the beginning of the 20th Century there were people using horses for transportation. They were beating them and letting them defecate in the streets. They used wood for cooking and the cities choked from the smoke. The inefficiency of production was so high that even children were used for labor. I guess you want to return to all that because that's what your stupid green laws are creating. Most sane civilized people don't. And the fact is that the anti-green forces are now in power. Elections have consequences. Who was it that said that? -- Carl