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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by dv_dt on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:31PM (#11425330)
Teenagers don't need to live on this wage, but their parents need to have sufficient margin in their wages to support that.
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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by clarkmoody on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:39PM (#11425405)
Yes, but the alternative is that the teen sits around all summer causing trouble instead of having a job because the minimum wage is too high.
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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by wonderlust on Monday April 04, 2016 @05:39PM (#11425911)
Hobbies, friends, summer school, cheap or free youth groups, parent sponsered events...
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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by st3v3r on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:53PM (#11426732)
No, that isn't the alternative. There are thousands of summer programs, most educational in nature, which would be teaching the kid much more useful stuff than how to scoop ice cream.
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