3 ms·
What if the widget-makers are teenagers who are working their first job? They don't need to support themselves by their labor yet. I think there is some room fo
by winstonewert 10y ago
What if the widget-makers are teenagers who are working their first job? They don't need to support themselves by their labor yet. I think there is some room for these kinds of jobs.
Obviously, when adults are trying to support themselves with this kind of job, we have a problem.
- Consultant32452 10y agoOnly 24% of minimum wage workers are teenagers. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/08/who-makes-minimum-wage/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/08/who-makes-mi... That mans 76% are 20+.
- undersuit 10y agoWhy is that a problem? The teen, not having to support themselves, has an advantage over the self-supporting individual, they can accept lower wages. In return the company has a choice, to employ teenagers for less money and dealing with the consequences that they are part time or seasonal, or to employ the individual that demands a living wage for themselves and dealing with the consequences that they are full-time and rather permanent.
- winstonewert 10y agoI don't think it is a problem. My point was that not every job needs to pay a living wage.