killed in a road side bomb in afghanistan. they were part of a international military collision. so far 47 members of the coalition have been killed 32 of them were americans. i will be back at 1:00 p.m. eastern. keep it here back to forbes on fox. a huge battle erupting over who should be able to buy the so-call would morning after pill. if you are 15 or older, you can buy it over the counter. this debate highlights that we have too many branches of government running our livings. john, you think the government should get out altogether. this is disturbing to parentings. but that doesn t mean the federal government should expert itself-.
it is not serving as a nanny to us. it doesn t take a village to raise kids. it is something to be left to parents. when it come to 15 year omed it is under our charge. yes, this is a potent pill. you can have a lot of bleeding from it. it is not like a candy bar or sweat shirt it is potent stuff and misused it can have adverse consequences. there are more restrictions and anti-cold medicine. we follow the fda regulations and it is a role for government. i don t want food company to produce poison and sell it asy baby food. look on a personal level. i have a six year old daughter and i don t feel comfortable that she could weigh something like this without the approval
no. it is common sense is a potent drug and have devastating consequences and the idea of treating it like a piece of gum is preposterous. john, is there a role for government protecting us from bad or dangerous medications? i don t think so. sex, druggings, they are serious subjects and why do we leave to the government to protect us from these things? this is the job of pafts and not the job . government. we are not leaving it to them john. they can assist the parent. i don t want that help. lib tarianism doesn t mean devoid of all laws. i am one but i don t think you can go in the movie theater and yell fire. sabrina? we are talking about children the age of 18. that is very different. i am concerned about the fda
come in and term whether that employees a justifiable firing or not. the government is already in to the tune of 42 billion a year. that created a disincentive to work. look david, the increase in unemployment insurance the bill passed by congress reduced the incentive to work and the labor participation rate under the so-call recovery decline would. the labor participation rate increased which is what you have. john, once again. john, no one likes to see people ubemployed that want to work. should they be receiving unemployment benefits? no, they should not. rich countries have high unemployment because they can pay out benefits that create a disincentive for workers to get back in the work force. states are supposed to be a labratory of an idea.
of me and my wife. on the other hand, there are so many that government is getting in our life andip am sympathetic to what john is saying. i love john, but i have never known anybody who had teenagers and survived the experience and still appear libitarian. that is a great point. when states, we have experimented with drinking age 18 versus 21. when it is 21, you have fewer traffic fatalities and there are a explosion of unaattended consequence fist we give tacit permission to 15 years old to go out and have sex any time theyment. in this instance the government has a role to play. i have two daughters and this hits at home for me. this is not just a medical issue. it is about sex and conception