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Why not say "we need after-school job opportunities for kids", and making that happen? (Whether it's with the city's public works, or partnerships with local businesses, or whatever.)

And if something like red light squeegee shakedowns is a problem, outlaw it?

Singling out misbehaving people for what should reasonably be default benefits of being a member of society seems to send a suboptimal message.

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It's generally understood that early job offers are higher education killers and borderline pro child labor. I'm not saying this is how think but I find it odd that there are rarely early career people in jobs that were common for young people 20 years ago. Grocery, retail, food service, etc.

I don't understand your first sentence.

The Supreme Court says that panhandling is protected by the First Amendment.

Squeegeeing isn't speech, it's an act. The First Amendment protects it no more than it protects the act of armed robbery.

The First Amendment protects "Sir do you have any change?"

> The First Amendment protects "Sir do you have any change?"

The First Amendment protects speech. The First Amendment also protects acts. Flag burning for example is protected under 1A.

I recommend reading the Wikipedia article [1] on Free Speech in the United States. It’s pretty interesting.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_Uni...

You can't call a bank robbery "performance art" and expect to get away with it. Squeegying isn't political expression.

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