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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by SoftTalker on Sunday March 12, 2023 @03:59PM (#35125422)
Sweeping the floor at a factory is just not a high value job. Anyone can do it, and if you demand that they pay $40/hr with full benefits they will just buy industrial Roombas and deprive someone of a job he may have been happy to have as a first job or for supplemental income.
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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by ssnistfajen on Sunday March 12, 2023 @04:16PM (#35125651)
>if you demand that they pay $40/hr with full benefits

>a job he may have been happy to have as a first job or for supplemental income

You are contradicting yourself here. Those two conditions don't occur at the same time.

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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by SoftTalker on Sunday March 12, 2023 @04:59PM (#35126193)
did you overlook the "or" in my sentence?
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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by ssnistfajen on Sunday March 12, 2023 @05:04PM (#35126272)
No. Someone who's happy to have a first job OR as supplemental income is not going to demand $40/hr with full benefits in those sectors. You are using a completely hypothetical scenario to justify exploiting children.
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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by SoftTalker on Sunday March 12, 2023 @05:21PM (#35126461)
Ok I misread your conment. I was responding to those who seem to think that any job should be able to support a family, or should not be permitted to exist. Not supporting exploitation of children, dont know where that came from.
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