Florence Kelley addressed her audience on behalf of children that could not represent themselves. But did she do so accurately?
She said that "several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills"; after the initial shock, the statement can make sense. The girls are working to earn money for their family and even in harsh conditions will do this. Money is a necessity and when adults alone cannot provide, children must be recruited to help. And when a family deems it necessary to send a child to work, the government has no business limiting the hours they should be allowed to work. If the little girls must adjust her work hours to nighttime in order to fit work into their school schedule, then the government should allow this to happen.
Regulating employment markets that do not need regulation will only hurt the economy, thus lowering the GDP of the nation. Children, with little time spent in school, have much to spare to work; children can naturally handle these busy schedules. Their free time is a small price to pay for the economic power of a nation.
Freedom is what this nation is founded upon. Why suddenly end this freedom when workplace rights are involved? No voters are needed to be called upon, when nothing needs to be changed.
*that was dark and awful and mean and inhumane and i do not agree with anything i just said but i wanted to argue against a point i made before
On a happy note, here is a video of Kanye singing his song "Hey Mama" with his mother. Happy Mother's Day!! Best line: Can't you see, you're like a book of poetry
Maya Angelou, Nicky Giovanni, turn one page and there's my mommy.
