Prostitution: It’s outrageous that Robert Kraft, 77, owner of the New England Patriots and a widower, was arrested for seeing a prostitute.
None of the 45 men arrested are responsible
for the Florida spas mistreating employees or holding them against their will. The
mistreatment occurs because government makes prostitution illegal. The illegality
attracts thugs who seek high profits because they’re willing to disobey the
law. Those are the ones who mistreat the women.
Some low-income women need prostitution to
support themselves, but without being criminals, thank you. In legal
industries, severe mistreatment of employees is rare and holding people against
their will even more so.
Once legalized, prostitutes could hold
their heads high for performing a valuable service.
Child
Care: Government regulations can make child
care unobtainable for people who most need it – those of low income.
Child care for Massachusetts toddlers averages
$18,845, or 65 percent of the state’s average single-parent’s income. In
Mississippi, the cost is $4,670, less than 25 percent of a single-parent’s income.
The overall cost of living in
Massachusetts is half again higher than that of Mississippi. But this doesn’t
explain the huge disparity in child care costs.
The main difference: Massachusetts child-care
regulations are far more onerous than those of Mississippi. The high user costs
makes it impossible for low-income citizens of Massachusetts to obtain child
care.
In both prostitution and child care,
government makes life harder for the poor. I guess this is what government is
supposed to do, right?
