Janet Golden, professor at Rutgers, wrote an article about Maine rescinding its child labor laws (under butt nugget LePage of course) based on the "A Modest Proposal" work of Jonathan Swift, highlighting the ridiculous stupidity of such a plan. She's been instrumental in the field of history as it relates to child healthcare and well being for decades now and is well respected.

https://golden.camden.rutgers.edu/

A Modest Proposal to Rescind Child Labor Laws

And now you've learned something. You're welcome.