1909 Won’t Be Long

The matter of child labor is difficult for people with moral bottom lines to accept.

Precisely because they are difficult to accept, the response from society will be strong.

After all, there are more good people than bad people, but it's a pity that some decisive things are often in the hands of the bad people!

It’s a new year, a new day, but TV at night is not so relaxing.

The issue of child labor was broadcast on several television stations, and the driving force behind this was the presidential palace and the president himself.

No media with opposing political stances will stand in the way of this issue.

Even the media under the control of the Conservative Party actively broadcast relevant news and free investigation content.

This is actually another way to discredit the Progressive Party, which is more subtle and more lethal.

Landa appeared on the TV screen during Blackstone Television's evening talk show.

She and the host also talked about the issue of child labor, further deepening the weight of this keyword in society.

When the host asked whether these situations would get better as soon as the amendments to the Children's Act were implemented, Landa gave an uncertain answer.

"In some of the cases we investigated, most of the child laborers had more than one child."

"These families will have many children, three, four or more, and some families will take the initiative to adopt some suitable children to let them work!"

"In other words, children and the child labor system have become a means of making money for some people with distorted morals. Once these people and the children they control lose the opportunity to work."

"The stress of life will make these families' financial problems more serious."

"These adults often don't have much work. Now that they have no income, they will definitely find ways to solve the troubles they are facing."

"When I talk to some other people about this, they think there's going to be a wave of abandonment of children over the next period of time."

"A large number of children will be abandoned, and even welfare homes and orphanages will abandon some children who are of no value to them."

The host's expression was very serious. This was indeed a terrible question.

Everyone knows that children do not actually have much ability to survive in society. Once they are abandoned, companies are prohibited from using child labor.

These abandoned children lose the possibility of living.

Welfare homes and orphanages actually do the same thing.

The biggest problem in a commercialized society is that everything is "commercial", including welfare homes and orphanages.

Except for a handful of these institutions that were founded by the federal government, most of them are actually private.

The main income of charitable institutions such as welfare homes and orphanages comes from three places.

First, it is the kind-hearted people in society who donate materials and wealth.

They will voluntarily donate money and things to such charities.

Then the orphanage or welfare home uses part of the money to maintain the institution, and the other part is used to pay salaries.

If these charities lack ways to persuade donations, their income will be very limited.

Second, financial assistance from charitable foundations.

There are so many charitable foundations in the Commonwealth, and these foundations need to do a good job with their annual accounts. Only in this way can they play their true value - tax reduction.

So whether these charitable foundations are willing or not, they must spend money to help these institutions.

Foundations and charities have a mutually beneficial relationship.

The charity receives some funds from the foundation for daily operations and maintenance of the institution, while the foundation continues to receive recognized tax deductions through donations.

Third, from the ground beneath the feet of the charity.

The Federation takes great care of individuals or organizations that set up similar charities, and it is often easier for them to obtain land.

Moreover, the land use standards for charitable institutions are different from those for commercial land use, and the benefits and policies they enjoy are also different.

As long as you can barely survive, and the place is not too remote, you can wait a few years, sell the land and move to another place, and you can easily get the money from the appreciation of the land.

In fact, whether it is an orphanage or a welfare home, in the final analysis, it is still a business model that takes profit as its ultimate goal and pretends to be a non-profit organization.

As long as it is a business model, there will definitely be two situations: losses and profits.

Not to mention profits, once a loss occurs, these institutions will stop the loss in time.

In order to help more children, some orphanage directors sell their houses and property, and even sell their blood in the end. This kind of situation will only appear in artistic film, television and literary works.

In real society, they often declare bankruptcy directly and leave the mess to the government to solve.

What Landa mentioned attracted people's attention, and the host also raised his own question, "So is there any way to solve this problem as much as possible?"

Randa nodded, "When I learned about these things yesterday, I talked with Mrs. Joanna and some other ladies who are keen on charity."

"We will try our best to proactively help as many children in need as possible. If viewers in front of the TV find that there are children in need of help, they can call the rescue hotline of the local women's rights organization at any time."

"We will find ways to rescue those children in need as soon as possible..."

A soft ad, but it works well.

Landa is very keen to get to know more powerful and wealthy people. Ms. Tracy's success is stimulating her to work hard to climb up.

She also hopes that one day she can jump into politics from her current position.

Rather than "President Landa" or "Ms. Landa", she prefers people to call her "Governor Landa" or "Congressman Landa"!

On January 5, after more than a week of fermentation, public opinion changed from being initially emotional to thinking rationally and trying to solve the problem.

At this time, the Presidential Office announced to the outside world the details of the implementation of the "Children's Law Amendment Act".

The revised content has been posted on bulletin boards outside judicial agencies in various places. When the public notice period, which is one month, ends, starting from February 1, it will be implemented nationwide.

Many ordinary people, people with a moral bottom line, praise this policy of the presidential office.

It will improve the current situation of exploited and oppressed child labor in the Commonwealth, but there are also some people who are very dissatisfied with these policies.

"...He's too messy!"

In a room in the manor, Frank sat in the most prominent position, surrounded by some other capitalists, some even from other places.

The higher minimum age limit for child labor, revised working hours and the safety guarantees that must be provided have almost caused a terrible blow to the light industry!

There is no need for child labor in heavy industry. Those children cannot lift a hammer weighing more than ten pounds.

Child labor is mainly concentrated in light industry and handicraft industries, which do not require much effort and professional skills and can be employed after simple training.

There are many such businesses in the Commonwealth that use child labor.

The price of their labor hours is much cheaper than that of adults. The cost of hiring two child laborers is lower than the wage of hiring one adult.

Compressing costs within a reasonable and legal range is a skill that every capitalist must master.

But soon, they won't be able to do this anymore!

Someone complained to Frank and the other gentlemen sitting in the middle, and the faces on the periphery were filled with sadness!

"There are about 2,500 child workers in my factory. If I want to replace them with adult workers, I will need at least 1,500 more workers."

"I have to pay about 20 to 25 percent more salary every month for this, which makes my costs higher and I may face a loss!"

"We should find a way. I support less intensive use of child labor, but the solution to these problems should not be such a tough ban all at once!"

"It should be more orderly and planned changes!"

Everyone else nodded in agreement. The real industry was on the rise, with hundreds of companies being launched every day.

In urban industrial areas and suburban areas, there are always factories being built and expanded.

After passing the initial golden period, everyone can also feel the obvious competitiveness!

Because there are too many people doing it, even if there is enough market, there will still be competition.

In the end, business competition has only one way to go, which is to lower expected profits.

Now that costs have increased, it will be impossible to lower the final selling price, and they will fall behind in competition with similar products.

While everyone in the room berated the Presidential Office for not respecting the actual situation, Frank was thinking about other things.

They arranged for someone to contact Pengeo. In the plan, they could provide Pengeo with an interest-free loan.

At the same time, after the armistice, it will bring them more orders and commercial help, helping their market to revitalize.

This is not an easy task and involves many areas.

There are more and more people dissatisfied with the presidential palace, which also means that they have more and more power in their hands.

When this power expands to a certain level, no one can stop it from doing anything!

Moreover, the more the hatred brews, the stronger it becomes!

"Everyone..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone shut their mouths.

There is news that the "Jerry & Dyce" group may once again promote a president after Mr. Trueman.

Judging from the current situation, this lucky gentleman is likely to come from the Progressive Party.

After all, as long as the war is won, the Progressive Party will be able to reap the political dividends of winning the war, at least an election win and a re-election, at least!

Capitalists are very interested in this kind of low-risk investment, and they will choose one of several candidates that they think is suitable, or invest in everyone.

In short, this is a force that cannot be ignored!

Everyone's eyes were focused on Frank, and he said very reservedly, "Now is not the time, gentlemen."

"The war is not over and the president's will is above the law and Congress."

"Your quarrels and resistance will only bring everything to a more dangerous edge. We need to wait!"

Someone couldn't help but ask, "So how long do we have to wait?"

Frank smiled and said, "It won't be long..."