Your analogy is misplaced. The country ought not be “run.” It should be governed. The object of that governance should be the protection of individual rights. Speaking strictly from natural law, business owners have the right to hire whomever they please based on whatever criteria they choose. Employment decisions are hardly analogous to a farmer managing livestock, as the livestock have no volition or agency and engage in no trade. Employees accept what is offered, are free to serve or leave, and cannot be lawfully harmed. Livestock are property which can be disposed of. Employees are not. Firing someone does not deprive them of anything they had before they were hired.
I’m all for getting Americans in better shape to compete in the workforce. However, that is a responsibility that lies with the individual, not the “community.”
