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I notice that the first two people who comment on this article at Forbes both mention that illegal aliens are grabbing many jobs that would otherwise go to teens.

And they correctly blame Forbes for supporting that.

Teens have normally climbed the ladder from the bottom up. But those jobs are now taken largely by illegals.

Here in California, even during boom times teenagers are competing with illegal aliens, and retirees for entry level jobs. Those who can’t make it on their Social Security, will take a part time job at a fast food place to make ends meet.

Teenage unemployment should be 75%. There are fewer and fewer of them that have the capacity or desire to do a job. I made a conscious decision about a decade ago that I would not own a business where I would have to depend on a teenage workforce and I am very much happier for it.

My friends who do have such employees live in abject terror and it's not of the government or taxes or Islamic nutcases. It is a terror that that one or more of their pimply-faces employees is going to do something incredibly stupid or irresponsible. They are going to quit or "call off" just when they are needed most. They are going to steal their employers blind. They are going to do a favor for their "frenz" that jeopardizes the business. They are gong to ruin a hard won reputation for a "joke" like pissing in someone's coffee or crapping in someones beans.

Yesterday, I was driving past a friends business and noticed a gate open after hours. The gate opens onto a rough neighborhood. Thinking that it was accidental, I stopped at the office and found out that the lone clerk on late duty had opened it so his buddies could use some equipment and forgotten about it. I think my little pep talk left an impression.

"Teens have normally climbed the ladder from the bottom up. But those jobs are now taken largely by illegals."

One thing I noticed at our local supermarket this summer, it is the one large, visible employer in town, is that they started the season with just about equal numbers of male and female high school students. Now the only ones left are female.

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