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To: Nixpix who wrote (92244)	1/12/2010 5:16:25 AM
From: robert b furman	Respond to of 94695

Hi Nix, Agreed. I think it is important for young kids to be able to find a job. It enables them to work their way through to a higher education level and avoid the hopelessness that those who do not must be entrapped in - for life. Bob

To: Nixpix who wrote (92244)	1/12/2010 8:46:03 AM
From: fred woodall	11 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 94695

It is every Americans right to have a job and support their family but those rights have slowly been changing. I was asked by the local high school decades ago to hire at least one of their gifted students every year which I would work in the afternoons. These young adults were exposed to men who were highly skilled working with their hands and dozens of these young students benefited greatly their entire lives from the experience. So much in fact several of their own children have worked here. Then in 93’ the principle of the school showed up wanting to inspect our shop to make sure everything was safe for them to work here. They were afraid of the legal liability if one of the kids were to get hurt. Then a representative of the school district showed up with a three page list of requirements. Shortly after a state official showed up requesting even more changes and demanded I take the necessary action. So I did by escorting him out the front door and I told all of them to never step foot in my shop again and they were responsible for destroying a great opportunity for young adults to learn a skilled trade. That was seventeen years ago when we stopped taking in these young adults to serve apprenticeship and learn to create wealth with their own hands. Today I see the large majority of the youth are ill equipped to tackle what is ahead for them and those who are responsible for this are all tied, in one way or another, to the government.

To: Nixpix who wrote (92244)	1/12/2010 8:27:12 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Some states have a different wage/hours structure for food services. My first hourly wage was 95 cents an hour washing dishes when the minimum wage for most things was around a $1.40. I also had to have a school-approved work permit due to my age being less than 16. All that was great for me at the time, I appreciated the experience at several levels. However, the thought of trying to support more than just myself at the minimum wage was not an inviting prospect then and one that I find unimaginable today.