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Originally Posted by Pugchief
So many fallacies:
1. If more teenagers were working, less would be getting into trouble. Not instead of school, in addition. Maybe make part time jobs mandatory!
2. "Crappy wages" are paid to unskilled, somewhat unreliable teens because that's what the free market will bear. No one is forcing them to take those jobs, but most would for some pocket money. My first job in 1975 at a fried chicken chain paid $1.65/hour, well less than minimum wage and I was thrilled to get the job.
3. Illegal workers are ILLEGAL, and shouldn't be here in the first place. Even if working, the freebies cost taxpayers a fortune.
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Florida wants to allow teenagers to work unlimited hours and overnight shifts on school nights. Think about that.
Illegals pay taxes and do useful work that Americans don't want to do. It would be good if they would all be thrown out of the country though. Then perhaps the hatred of immigrants would be tempered when you can't find anyone to fix your roof, do your landscaping, or the price of food skyrockets.