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Originally Posted by Parallex
Okey... what about the 19 year old who is paying rent? Or the 19 year old whose parents let them live in their home who works to afford collage tuition (instead of working to afford rent)? Why should a 17 year 9 month get paid less to do the same job as a 18 year 1 month old in the same circumstances (or where-ever they set the "youth" cutoff)?
Work is work. You shouldn't get paid less to do the same job based strictly on age and what you do with the money (be it rent/tuition/spending) should be irrelevant... you get paid for the job you do not for what you do with the money after you earn it.
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If you're a small business owner whose looking to hire someone, he/she has a couple of choices. You can hire a teenager and spend the extra money and time training the person or you can hire someone much older with experience to do the same job. There's an excellent chance the teenager gets passed over for the older person who doesn't need to be trained. Minimum wage as it is now hurts the teens and youth.