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Commentary
Cry Wolf Quotes
I can’t see what all this talk is about. How is it wrong for the State to intervene with regard to the working conditions of people who work in the factories and mills. I don’t see what they mean. What did we set up the government for?
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Al Smith (D), future governor of New York and Factory vice chairman of the Factory Investigating Commission. Date not available.
[Paid sick leave] is the best public policy for the least cost. Do you want your server coughing over your food?
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Kevin Westlye, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association
When the City Council was considering the right-to-know law, lobbying was intense. Those opposed to it argued that the tough regulations would drive businesses from the city. That threatened exodus has not happened.
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“Expand ‘right-to-know’ effort", The Philadelphia Inquirer.
That same threat was made when the child labor law was passed and not one of the manufacturers moved out.
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Abram I. Elkus, counsel for the Factory Investigating Commission.
