05-10-2019, 10:36 AM
(05-10-2019, 10:11 AM)Dill Wrote: It used to.
This argument has a long history, going back to early 19th century Britain when Parliament told coal companies to give children an hour lunch break and offer some reading instruction. Then they passed laws forbidding women and children to work longer than 11 hours in the mines. Don't get me started on unions.
Do your really own your own business if government can tell you how to run it?
Do you own your house if the government can tell you how to build it (Building codes) or live in it (blighted property ordinances)? Do you own your own car if the government can tell you how to drive it (Driving laws)? If we head down this road then no one owns anything, which may be true but I like to think that isn't really the case.
In my mind safe working conditions are a right, preferred working conditions are not.
