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To: combjelly who wrote (748103)	10/19/2013 10:47:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571929

45% of fast food workers qualify for benefits. Meaning 55% don't. Thanks for supporting my point. The majority of the workers are not managers. Having worked fast food, and patronized it, I can tell you that teens are common, and many of those who aren't teens are people in their early 20s. Those are also the workers that are more likely to make minimum wage, the managers are older but they aren't getting minimum wage or public benefits. Now true I've lived in wealthier areas, but I've traveled for work all around the country (and eat fast food more often when I travel). Moving away from just fast food, while its not true that a majority are teens (teens just aren't numerous enough for that) a majority are 25 or under. Also over 5 times the percentage of part time workers receive the minimum wage then full time workers. Also (as of the 2007 BLS report, the other data is from the 2012 report) only 1.4 percent of workers over 25 receive minimum wage or less.