If the alternative is starvation most people are willing to work. Be nice if children didnt have to face that choice.
William Wheatley writes: > Play devils advocate what about the kids who have to have a job and money in > order to survive for whatever reason? > > I was listening to a piece on npr where a kid was saying (via translator) > how he needed to work. When the inspector (or whatever the proper title is) > tried to shut the place down he fired the underage kid who was then screwed > since they didn't have the money to pay for food and such. They also talked > about child labor unions so the kids could make good $$. If there is nothing > else for a child to do and they have to work why should we hold the > children, who WILLINGLY want to work , back and limit them. There is no > social security in those countries no foster care what would become of them > if they were unable to work and provide for themselves. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:31 PM > Subject: RE: RE: What would you do if you won PowerBall? > > > > How about buying the Gap (or some other large US-grown corp) and forcing > them to stop actively contributing to sweat shops in third world countries? > > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=area+code+map > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/audiovideo/programmes/panorama/archive/970385.stm > > > > Isaac > > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > OK then I started this so here is mine. > > > > In no particular order (most likely all at once) > > > > - I would open an account for my grandmother to do with what she wants as > > she has supported me (bailed me out) for most of my life. > > - Buy a house on an island and retire with my friends and family > > - Maybe a mountain retreat somewhere with a huge telescope > > - Visit the Great Wall of China > > - Pay the Russians a million dollars to take me to space (maybe :)) > > - College for my kids (this includes some friends kids) > > - I would like to buy a huge piece of the rain forest that I will never > burn > > or run off the natives. > > - Buy Old Navy and force them to carry cloths for everyone. > > > > There is probably more. > > > > Rick Eidson > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:42 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: What would you do if you won PowerBall? > > > > off the top, in no particular order: > > > > - keep working until I can pass knowledge on to a successor > > - fix up the house, just the way we want it > > (it's "home", so don't want to move to another place, maybe just expand) > > - buy homes for kids, relatives, friends, so they always have a roof over > > - donate enough money to a particular charitable org (one my Mom worked > > with) > > for them to build a school with her name on it > > - build a homeless shelter w/ job training center > > - open a company to hire the successful grads of the job center > > - build an apartment complex to house the workers > > - travel, travel, travel > > - study > > - volunteer > > - pray > > - get really physically fit > > - watch videos > > - sleep late sometimes, then start the day by making love > > instead of waking up early to go to work > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/2382747/detail.html > > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
