People will do things they don't want to do to put food on the table. Factory owners should not be allowed to take advantage of basic human needs, much less the needs of children.
Furthermore kids should be at school, where are they going to get the time to do this?
.. Since when are kids the prime money-makers in the family?
I am not saying to take every child and throw him out of the house (well, beat him out of the house, you need to have that in there for "proper" child labor), and make him live on his on.
I am simply stating if a child wants to get a job, they should be able to do at any age. It's pathetic how the government tells them they can't work, or do this, or do that. It's the market that should be deciding who works, and who doesn't.
Thus, if a child wants to work after school, at whatever age, by all means - Have a job. These "Child Labor Laws" make it so you can't work more than 3.5 hours on weekdays. What kind of bull**** is that? If the child
wants to work from 3 PM, to 9 PM - Let them.
It's NOT all about DOING it (which you think it is). It's about being ABLE to do it. In which, and unfortunately, the government restricts you from doing so.
If there is a bomb on the table - Does that mean you need to set it off? Nope. If there are no child labor laws, does that mean you need to drop out of school, get beat and then go to work for 16 hours a day to get ass-raped by your boss? Nope!
You are lying, and even then she could be psychologically abused into doing it.
Rofl. Because, you know - No one else can be psychologically abused into doing something.
What part of she is not of the age of consent don't you get?
She's not a light pole. She is not PLACED at the corner for eternity. SHE is the one who marches her little ass to the corner, and sells her body. And, if she wants to do that - Go for it.
Consent? She has it.
I find it funny how the government and people like you assume that everyone under 18 does not have consent or basic brain power to compute what the hell they want to do. And, yet, you are the same people who scream equality for 'all'.
So would it be ok if someone walked into a crowded mall with a gun and blasted his own brains out? He is, after all, not hurting anyone but himself.
Oh? People in America do it. You don't see anyone up in arms about it.
Please cease and desist your association with libertarianism as your ideas are quite insane. Children do not possess the mental faculties for informed consent and as such we have a moral obligation to protect them from making bad decisions, such as becoming a prostitute or a chronic drug user. Libertarians espouse minimal regulation, not the complete absence of it. You, sir, are a nihlistic anarchist and your ideas sicken me.
I'll pass. I actually like a government, just one that is there for Law and Order. Not saying that people are 'not old enough' to consent. I understand children are vulnerable, but, isn't it the parent's job to guide them the right way as opposed to the government?
And, I understand minimal regulation. Of course, there is no possible way we can remove minimum wage, unions, or anything else. However, there is no reason we need to overpay burger flippers.