-=> On 03-05-98  19:07, Jean Halverson did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to Robert Craft concerning Libertarian Party <=-
 
 DH> I tend to agree, but if the idea of abolishing the Public
 DH> schools is ever discussed outside of forums such as this,
 DH> you can be sure that folks will ask about the poor folk. 
 
 RC> Additionally, there is the question of what to do about
 RC> those parents who see their children as free labor and make
 RC> schooling secondary to work at home.
 
 JH> One would think all the anti child-labor laws enacted in
 JH> the early 1900's would take care of that problem.
Unfortunately, keeping children out of the labor market
doesn't automatically place them in an education program.
 JH> It was _mostly_ industry that used children as cheap labor
 JH> anyway. I've read that it  was considered the slavery of
 JH> the North. 
In the mines and the mills... anywhere desterity and small
stature were of value.
... A GOOD Crime Bill would indict the Clintons.
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