Why do people keep insisting a vast majority of those on minimum wage are teenagers?

Half of the people on minimum wage are teenagers, but:





';Some 48 percent, or 3.5 million, are between 25 and 64 years old who, on average, contribute more than half of the income in their households, experts say. Raising the minimum wage is a $18.4 billion proposition that is supported by 83 percent of Americans, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press.';





';One reason even some Republicans are mulling the wage hike is that the number of single mothers making minimum wage has nearly doubled in the last 10 years. Of Americans making less than $7.25 an hour, half are over 24 years old, and about half are primary household earners. Sixty-two percent are white, 16 percent are black, and 17 percent are Hispanic. Nearly twice as many are women than men.';





These numbers can be found with a quick search of the internet. Should primary bread winners be made to suffer because of teenagers that make minimum wage?Why do people keep insisting a vast majority of those on minimum wage are teenagers?
Minimum wage is the brainchild and teachers pet of the conglomerates. If we imply that teens are the majority of minimum wage earners, then its likely we don't think of them as living in their own homes and being the breadwinners. Teens, mothers, elders stretching their social security checks would all be happy with a bit of a raise, that way they would at least reach poverty level. Of course, the next thing the corporations do is not let anyone work forty hour weeks so they can call them part time workers at thirty-nine and a half hours. I have personally seen that happen. Sleep tight friends when the revolution comes, you will have been warned.Why do people keep insisting a vast majority of those on minimum wage are teenagers?
The reason is because the Minimum wage is just that, the minimum. Its an entry level wage. When you get time on the job, more proficient your wage increases. BTW How many in that study group are Illegal?
I don't have an answer but that is a wonderful question.
The vast majority of those who make min. wage ARE young.





Last year (in 2001), about 570,000 American workers reported earning exactly $5.15 per hour, the prevailing Federal minimum wage, and another 1.6 million reported with wages below the minimum. Together, these 2.2 million workers made up 3.0 percent of all hourly-paid workers.





*** Ok, we're making a big deal for 3% of the working populations?? *** give me a break.





Minimum wage workers tend to be young. About half of workers earning $5.15 or less were under age 25, and slightly more than one-fourth were age 16-19. Among teenagers, 10 percent earned $5.15 or less.





About 4 percent of women paid hourly rates reported wages at or below the prevailing Federal minimum, compared with about 2 percent of men.





Part-time workers (persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week) were much more likely than their full-time counterparts to be paid $5.15 or less (about 8 percent versus about 2 percent). About 1 in 10 workers putting in fewer than 15 hours per week earned the minimum or less.
because teenagers are not responsilbe for families they r just still young