Comments on: Voluntarism or Self-Interest? – by Walter Williams http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/ Sat, 26 May 2012 18:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: bubba4 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7770 bubba4 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:18:24 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7770 Yeah, I know it's crazy...but I think not letting kids work in mines and factories is a good thing. I used to mow lawns and do other work as a minor for cash, but obviously that is not what I am talking about.<br><br>I was making a joke. I didn't imagine that you guys would actually try to defend child labor by just pretending we were talking about something else. Sigh. Yeah, I know it's crazy…but I think not letting kids work in mines and factories is a good thing. I used to mow lawns and do other work as a minor for cash, but obviously that is not what I am talking about.

I was making a joke. I didn't imagine that you guys would actually try to defend child labor by just pretending we were talking about something else. Sigh.

]]> By: bubba4 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7769 bubba4 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:15:23 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7769 I didn't say "youth"...I said "child" labor laws. You seem to think that because you can google shit that you're a genius and you aren't even paying attention to what is being said. I didn't say “youth”…I said “child” labor laws. You seem to think that because you can google shit that you're a genius and you aren't even paying attention to what is being said.

]]> By: paardestaart http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7519 paardestaart Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:13:12 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7519 Dumb? Really?<br>Arguments, my man..?!<br>Jeering is n't enough, not from where I'm standing.<br>But maybe you're only carrying signs, mostly saying hurray for our side? Dumb? Really?
Arguments, my man..?!
Jeering is n't enough, not from where I'm standing.
But maybe you're only carrying signs, mostly saying hurray for our side?

]]> By: coyote3 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7506 coyote3 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:14:11 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7506 Thank goodness I was lucky enough to work as a youngester in agriculture/range ranching that were exempt from the minimum wage. I would have not been able to get those jobs, had they been subject to the minimum wage. For a while, my income supplemented that of my parents working on the farms/ranches. It probably kept us from exteme poverty. Thank goodness I was lucky enough to work as a youngester in agriculture/range ranching that were exempt from the minimum wage. I would have not been able to get those jobs, had they been subject to the minimum wage. For a while, my income supplemented that of my parents working on the farms/ranches. It probably kept us from exteme poverty.

]]> By: USMCSniper http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 USMCSniper Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:39:57 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7496 Minimum wage increases mandated by the government recently are why there is even a higher rate of unemployment. Last week, the Labor Department reported that youth unemployment stands at 18.2%, nearly twice the national average of 9.8%. The percentage of young people without a job is a staggering 53.4 percent, the highest figure since World War II. Those in the age group of 16-24 are most often the demographic who are hired for entry-level positions and groomed to take over high-level positions in the future.<br><br>Moreover, youth of color are disportionately effected by high unemployment. Nearly 40% of black youth (ages 16-19) and 30% of Latino youth (16-19) are unemployed versus only 23% of white youth. As youth of color get older, the gap widens-27.1% of black youth between the ages of 20-24 are unemployed versus 13.1% of white youth in the same age rage. This high unemployment rate for young people is startling because without more job opportunities, young people suffer not only in the short-term, but long-term. Their ability to attend college, afford healthcare, purchase homes, and save for retirement leads to long-term problems.<br><br>Like I said before bubba4, you are really too stupid to even suspect you are stupid. Minimum wage increases mandated by the government recently are why there is even a higher rate of unemployment. Last week, the Labor Department reported that youth unemployment stands at 18.2%, nearly twice the national average of 9.8%. The percentage of young people without a job is a staggering 53.4 percent, the highest figure since World War II. Those in the age group of 16-24 are most often the demographic who are hired for entry-level positions and groomed to take over high-level positions in the future.

Moreover, youth of color are disportionately effected by high unemployment. Nearly 40% of black youth (ages 16-19) and 30% of Latino youth (16-19) are unemployed versus only 23% of white youth. As youth of color get older, the gap widens-27.1% of black youth between the ages of 20-24 are unemployed versus 13.1% of white youth in the same age rage. This high unemployment rate for young people is startling because without more job opportunities, young people suffer not only in the short-term, but long-term. Their ability to attend college, afford healthcare, purchase homes, and save for retirement leads to long-term problems.

Like I said before bubba4, you are really too stupid to even suspect you are stupid.

]]> By: bubba4 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7484 bubba4 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:48:15 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7484 That is a dumbest thing I have ever heard.<br><br>You can honestly convince yourself of anything can't you. That is a dumbest thing I have ever heard.

You can honestly convince yourself of anything can't you.

]]> By: paardestaart http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7447 paardestaart Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:07:30 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7447 Well Bubba: I propose that it would be inhuman to try and protect poor children if you tried to achieve that by making it illegal for them to work, period. How about children who have no parents or family to take care of them? Forbidding them to earn would mean sentencing them to starve, to beg or to crime. <br>Why should ethics be made compulsive?<br>Why should others have to decide about your ethics?<br>Are there 'ethics' in the Ten Commandments..? Well Bubba: I propose that it would be inhuman to try and protect poor children if you tried to achieve that by making it illegal for them to work, period. How about children who have no parents or family to take care of them? Forbidding them to earn would mean sentencing them to starve, to beg or to crime.
Why should ethics be made compulsive?
Why should others have to decide about your ethics?
Are there 'ethics' in the Ten Commandments..?

]]> By: Broughton http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7434 Broughton Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:24:29 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7434 Who ever decided it's "unethical" to sell organs? It isn't unethical for the doctor to charge money to put the organ in. Bravo, Walter Williams. Ayn Rand established long ago that altruism is a very weak motivator, and this is the perfect case in point. That's why capitalism is far more humane than socialism. Who ever decided it's “unethical” to sell organs? It isn't unethical for the doctor to charge money to put the organ in. Bravo, Walter Williams. Ayn Rand established long ago that altruism is a very weak motivator, and this is the perfect case in point. That's why capitalism is far more humane than socialism.

]]> By: bubba4 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/01/voluntarism-or-self-interest-by-walter-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-7419 bubba4 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:17:32 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=39680#comment-7419 Wow...you guys can treat anything as an issue of government intervention screwing up what would otherwise be fine.<br><br>How about an article about how Federal Child Labor laws are an abomination to the constitution and preventing hard working kids from earing a little pocket cash like they used to "in the good old days".<br><br>Bone marrow does replinish, especially in young, healthy individuals. However, if it was as simpe and easy as the author makes it out to be, they would take bone marrow at the blood bank the same way they do blood. Wow…you guys can treat anything as an issue of government intervention screwing up what would otherwise be fine.

How about an article about how Federal Child Labor laws are an abomination to the constitution and preventing hard working kids from earing a little pocket cash like they used to “in the good old days”.

Bone marrow does replinish, especially in young, healthy individuals. However, if it was as simpe and easy as the author makes it out to be, they would take bone marrow at the blood bank the same way they do blood.

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