Posted on 06/12/2012 10:19:34 PM PDT by Qbert
Yup.
Im My humble Opinion you are wrong.It is not the two words “Illegal aliens” that caused the teenagers to lose summer jobs.The 2 words that caused so many job losses are “minimum wage” most summer jobs for teenagers are created by small summertype businesses.Snack bars at the pool or beach,Lifeguards,dairy queens,produce stands,etc etc.Ask your self how many of those small businesses can afford 10.00 an hour for a teenager who has never worked before?I remember when every public beach had snack bars and lifeguards,now there are vending machines and signs warning that you swim at your own risk.There should be a seperate smaller minumum wage available for those under 19,that have no work experience and can prove they still attend school.This would reopen the job market for teenagers everywhere.Noone can afford 10.00 an hour for unskilled labor.Stop blaming illegals and place the blame where it belongs,Our Governmant.
Teen employment may never return to pre-recession levels, suggests a projection by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
We can also thank our own government for making the minimum wage rate one of the most prevalent reasons too.
Other than what would be considered illegal child labor today, how many teens had jobs during the last depression?
Why should an employer hire a teenager who will only be available full-time during the summer, when he has plenty of adults clamoring for that same job, and he has to pay the teenager the same minimum wage anyway?
My 14 year old packs bulk candy, nuts, and puts orders together for a local bulk food company. My 16 and 12 year old works at a local family farm market picking strawberries, tomatoes, packing produce and stocking shelves. It’s honest work for an honest dollar. If the government doesn’t like it they can go self-copulate.
“My 16 and 12 year old works at a local family farm market picking strawberries, tomatoes, packing produce and stocking shelves.”
I am glad for them, I am just commenting that if you are under 16 at least in California I don’t know what you can get hired to do. The laws here are terrible.
My kids have reffed soccer, babysat, mowed lawns. No “paycheck” jobs available until they were 16.
“My 16 and 12 year old works at a local family farm market picking strawberries, tomatoes, packing produce and stocking shelves.”
I am glad for them, I am just commenting that if you are under 16 at least in California I don’t know what you can get hired to do. The laws here are terrible.
My kids have reffed soccer, babysat, mowed lawns. No “paycheck” jobs available until they were 16.
...In other news, legislators are pushing for raising the Minimum Wage to $10/hour.
“A thing is worth only what another will pay for it.”
We live in a small town - population +/-6000. It used to be a very agriculture-based until developers started buying up family farms. Hard work is still available to any who want it. I’m glad my daughters have taken to it. They enjoy it very much.
I don’t know if you consider Texas to be part of the South, but I haven’t seen a kid with lawnmower in 10 years or more. I get two or three fliers a week on my doorknob from lawn services though. You’d think they’d notice the lawn is mowed and edged and decide that someone is obviously already doing it, but no.
Isn't that the truth. Kids don't do anything anymore. I think it starts when they're very young now, and parents simply won't let them out of their sight for fear (IMHO overblown) of their safety. The end result is that from an early age now, children develop a very indoor, I must be entertained attitude.
I will admit that I would have no idea how to change the plugs on my car. It's nothing like my first car where you popped the plug wires, and wrenched them off. I wouldn't even know how to expose the plugs on this thing.
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