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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I call it total bs. Jobs are there but kids are too lazy to work. Mowing, dog walking, babysitting…etc. [/quote]

The problem is again[b] minimum wage[/b]. Would you rather hire a seasoned babysitter on care.com or a dog walking business or a teen who expects minimum wage? Unless you know the teen really well it's easier to hire someone seasoned for that much money an hour. For mowing you want a service or someone who has used a lawnmower for years to avoid injury. Years ago you hired teens because it was cheap and their parents weren't going to sue if they hurt themselves.[/quote]

This is based on where you live.  I guarantee you all the teens make much higher than minimum wage for babysitting, lawn services, snow shoveling, etc. in our neighborhood.  Now, that's maybe perhaps because the lawn businesses or care.com or whomever has to pay a high minimum wage, which drives up the overall cost of their business...and then results in high charges to the end customer.[/quote]

Right! I mean we pay double to triple minimum wage just for babysitting.[/quote]

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