Delicious forced child labor.

No link, I saw it on CNN yesterday, apparently they've been trying to pass legislation on it, but it hasn't done any good. They are trying to get the child labor reduced by 70% or something in the next few years. It really reminds me of Nike just doing it in sweat shops back in the day. Really I think it should be a reminder of how things really get done when we export jobs to countries that either don't have or don't enforce regulations. I find it ironic how we complain about how unjust something is to do in our country, but instead of paying to stop what we don't like we just move it to someone elses back yard. We do the same thing with air pollution, we throw a huge fit about CO2 and other polutants, then we make everything in China where they burn coal in a very dirty manner to power everything.

I think in a lot of cases a lot of those laborers is as likely to get out of poverty working those jobs as you are to pay rent picking up glass bottles.

I was thinking of perhaps doing what businesses used to do in Europe back in the 19th century and before. Children were apprenticed out at around seven and then worked for the boss, then at fourteen, they became journeymen and when they were adults, they were master craftsmen. The thing is that back then, no one worried about children working. And once the children working get increased responsibilities when it is appropriate, they will be able to run the cocoa business themselves. What I mean is that when they get to be teenagers, they can learn how to work the machine that grinds the cocoa, or the machine that extracts the fat from it because now they are old enough to not put their hands in the gears. Then if there are some that are mathimatically inclined they can learn about bookkeeping and keeping records, the finances of the business, etc. The trouble is that people think well do not let the children work, that is all there is to it. What they need is advances and of course, f they are only allowed certain hours, they can go to school. ,

Lol, in a way it is. Studies have also shown that dark chocolate in small portions can be good for you.

I don't know the exact nature of their toil. But apparently there is legislation to stop it. But it didn't say which companies were associated.