In article ,
 Carl Dershem  wrote:

> "Carl"  wrote in
> news:2tKdncEeQtGLUofanZ2dnUVZ_qKgnZ2d{at}comcast.com: 
> 
> > 53% of workers making minimum wage are between the age of 16 and 24
> > (High school and college).
> > 
> > High school students are a *significant* portion of the low end work
> > force. 
> > 
> > http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm1186.cfm
> > 
> > Certainly not a "tiny" percentage as you suggest.  As
to 29 hours a
> > week, when I was in high school and college I certainly worked that
> > many hours. 
> 
> OK - now quote a credible source.  (YOur source is infamous for its bias 
> and disingenuousness).
> 
  That means "they don't agree with me so I am not even going to look at 
the evidence" .   If you had, you would have noted that the original 
source was Bureau of Labor Statistics and that the numbers came directly 
from their report. 

http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2005.htm

# Minimum wage workers tend to be young. About half of workers earning 
$5.15 or less were under age 25, and about one-fourth of workers earning 
at or below the minimum wage were age 16-19. Among employed teenagers, 
about 9 percent earned $5.15 or less. About 2 percent of workers age 25 
and over earned the minimum wage or less. Among those age 65 and over, 
the proportion was about 3 percent. (See table 1 and table 7.)

(The less part is often because the BLS for some reason (probably ease 
of getting the information) doesn't include tip income). 

  Even those that I habitually don't agree with, I look at the original 
data because even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and again.
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