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Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

ToxicAssets — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:23:48 GMT

limitgov:

How would the free market handle a situation like this:

single parent dies on the job. children are left parentless. What are some ways the free market could deal with this or take care of this?

First-come, first-served.

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

Meistro — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:13:06 GMT

stork market ldo

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

Buzz Killington — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:15:16 GMT

There would most likely be a general rule of thumb that would arise (e.g. a family member must take them in).

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

Charles Anthony — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:55:34 GMT

Life insurance, obviously.

Insurance is the liberarian duct tape.

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

Marko — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:19:38 GMT

How would the free market handle a situation like this:

single parent dies on the job. children are left parentless. What are some ways the free market could deal with this or take care of this?

The free market would make the children a sandwitch.

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

Bogart — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:36:55 GMT

Other than to be completely general and say through contracts, we are guessing what the cumulative actions of people will create.

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

limitgov — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:24:46 GMT

thank you, i think myself rather stunning as well.

no, i believe we shouldn't have any government at TALL. but,

i still don't know how all the details would work and I have trouble explaining it to people.

but, i've read enough on lewrockwell and mises to convince me that no government is the only way to go.

Re: What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

Bogart — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:05:31 GMT

Do you really believe that the mass majoirty of people are just too dumb or uncaring to actually take the small amount of effort that it takes to fill out a will or a letter of intent? Do you believe that there are so many of these people that we need a tax payer funded bureaucracy enforced through the police to manage what simple contracts could do easily and that this bureaucracy would better serve children than the relatives and friends could? I find this stunning.

But to answer the questions:

1. Through contracts like wills, letters of intent, etc.

2. Absent these documents you could ask the children what they want to happen. If too young then you could ask relatives to see if they would want to take care of the children or seek close friends who may want to take care of the children. What about the business associates or civic organizations the parent belongs to, could they help?

3. If 1 does not exist and 2 is not possible, then in these cases there are a plethora of churches, organizations, etc who could help temporarily until other parents could be found.

In fact my grandfather paid membership dues to the "Knights of Columbus" although he was not an active member BECAUSE he was a single parent and worried that the kids would need a place to go if something happened to him. The Knights of Columbus in that area ran an orphanage.

What if Person is killed on the job and leaves children parentless?

limitgov — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:26:10 GMT

How would the free market handle a situation like this:

single parent dies on the job. children are left parentless. What are some ways the free market could deal with this or take care of this?