If you’re from a State not named Texas, it’s almost impossible to get even a part-time job. They need to eliminate minimum wage, if for no other reason, you give 16 and 17 year olds a chance for their first job and they can add to that resume.
But 16 and 17 year olds may not get that first job anymore anyway.
Can’t speak for everyone else, but in my area, jobs in places such as fast food are filled by adults who were not born in this country. I can’t speak to anyone’s immigration status, just saying, that the anecdotal evidence is that they were not born here. Local teenagers are not filling these sorts of jobs in big numbers anymore.
Gas stations and the related convenience store are another such place in which the jobs seem to be filled by those from outside the country.
Joe Biden was laughed at for talking about having an Indian accent in Dunkin Donuts, but people running those places seem to be immigrants as well, and not local young people.
.... Yup .... I remember when a person was hired ..... He or She didn’t get paid a “Minimum Wage” .... They got paid “Entry Level Wage” for an “Entry Level Position. “ Now those “Entry Level Positions” are called ........ “Careers.”