[jimjamuser]

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.

I agree especially with # 3.