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Skriven 2009-10-01 06:52:44 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
    Kommentar till text 241 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Child labor
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Replying to a message of mark lewis to Bob Ackley:

 RB>>>> Banning child labor totally, with no regard for local
 RB>>>> circumstances, can well be a negative thing in some societies and
 RB>>>> situations.

 DC>>> It worked in this country.

 RB>> So kids are no longer allowed to have paper routes?

 BA>> I don't think it's a matter of being allowed, I don't think
 BA>> newspapers do home delivery any more.  

 ml> :shock: :!: :!: 
 ml> you really are isolated out there aren't you??

Not really, my nearest neighbor is 1/4 mile up the road.  I lived in
Plattsmouth, NE, for 29 years (1975-2004) and newspapers were
not home delivered there during that period.  I've no idea if Omaha's
fishwrapper delivers papers in the metro area (I do note, however,
that over the past year or so the size of that paper is down by about
1/2 and the price is up by 1/2).


 ml> we get the local paper thrown in our driveway all the time and are
 ml> continually calling the newspaper for them to have their carriers
 ml> clean their trach out of our yard because we do not take the paper
 ml> any more and don't want it since it was taken over by a northern
 ml> based company which turned it into more of a rag than it ever was in
 ml> the 25 or so years that we've been here...

 ml> i've been offered a paper route several times but having already run
 ml> several, i know how badly they tear cars up and how low the pay is so
 ml> no thanks... it is not worth tearing up the little bit i have or
 ml> trying to cover the expenses it costs to try to operate... like many
 ml> other jobs, it is a loosing scam on those doing it and a win-win
 ml> situation for those getting others to do the job...

 ml> FWIW: we still see paper boys on their bicycles out here but no where
 ml> near like we did years back... these days, most routes are motorized
 ml> vehicle routes to try to allow for as much $$$ making as possible for
 ml> the motorized route carriers... and one cannot take their route and
 ml> sub-contract it to youths on their bikes because there's simply not
 ml> enough $$$ to pay them and still make enough for the carrier to be
 ml> able to cover their vehicle costs related to the route
 ml> operation(s)... gas, brakes, oil and similar maint costs simply are
 ml> more than the route(s) pay...

 ml> )\/(ark

 ml>  ! Origin:  (1:3634/12)

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