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How much per hour should a business pay a 19 year old single person working who lives for free in their parents upper middle home?

How much should the business pay the single mom working full time in the same job to support two children?

Which one does the business layoff when your minimum wage makes them cut expenses?

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You don't believe in equal pay for equal work?

You believe in ageism?

Nope, but i recognize that minimum wage leads to job cuts that can be discriminatory. And that employers tend to retain their most attractive workers (younger, better educated, upper class) and cut their least attractive (uneducated, older).

The perception is the kid living with his parents can work any hours or schedule, and might get a college degree, and manage the store someday. And that middle aged single mom who has to leave early constantly for childcare ain’t likely to ever get more valuable.

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