-=> Quoting ROBERT CRAFT to JEAN HALVERSON <=-
 -=> On 04-09-98  15:02, 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. 
 ....
 JH> One would think all the anti child-labor laws enacted in
 JH> the early 1900's would take care of that problem.
 
 RC> Unfortunately, keeping children out of the labor market
 RC> doesn't automatically place them in an education program.
 
 JH> True, but then the churches would be free to offer a kinder
 JH> solution. 
 RC> That would likely provide for those whose parents simply
 RC> lacked funds for school, but it does nothing to help those
 RC> children seem as labor assets.
 I just don't see that as happening since most parents don't operate home
 businesses. What I do see is a bunch of parents who neglect their kids
 minimally will either go one of two ways: major neglect with criminal
 penalties, or reformation with it's rewards. 
 Jean Halverson
... Researching: ALLEN (KY),HENLEY (AL), HOBBS (TN), RICHARDSON (IN)
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