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So why do countries enact minimum wage laws. >> john: politicians are dumb? >> maybe they are smart. maybe above average, i doubt that. [ laughter ] >> but clearly the government is going back many, many years decided that we have to set a floor for wages because when unemployment is as high as it is 13 million people. >> john: what the floor? >> the debate what the floor you are right. >> $8 a good, why not a hundred dollars an hour. well all be better off. >> i think they have enacted minimum ...

Go away and come back at the end of your shift. what i learned from that, i dont want to work in the public sector. >> john: whatever the job they learned just by working. >> the work ethic now. it taught me what hard work is. i worked every other job in the restaurant business and moved on to the construction business and somehow i thought lets try this radio and tv thing. >> even if the job would be illegal today. >> i was 13 years old and i went to work at tysons drugstore. you are not suppos...

You are selfish rich guy. [ laughter ] >> im doing my social responsibility by keeping a business running in a poor economy and making sure i can pay people and teaching people how to work. oreilly says, show up on time. if your shoes arent tied i probably dont want to talk to you. >> john: thank you very much. bret baier, shep smith will tell stories about their first jobs. >> my first job, i was a short order cook. >> my first job where i became a little aerobics instructor. >> i worked at a d...

>> absolutely. something called the free market. who thought that could raise peoples wages. a lot of people start at the minimum wage and then work their way up. >> absolutely. the ones that dont have the knowledge need it. interns. they want the knowledge is the information. the information is the wealth. that is how you make it. >> john: so you build a business you create jobs and you have 28 employees now. half the employees earn about $18 an hour. the average hourly wage in america is $16.5...

Parking lot of the dairy queen. >> i was washing dishes. >> i was 8 years old and i worked in my fathers bakery. i scraped the floors. i dont think i got paid. >> john: america makes it illegal to work whether you are young but there is an exception. >> i worked at family restaurant. they started at me eight years old and i was promoted to hostess and then waitress. and i worked shift after shift. i would work all these shifts in a row. he would send all the other waitresses home. >> john: somet...

He says you cant do it. its absolutely ridiculous. >> john: these are kids that might have invented is something cool and they cant get the opportunity. >> if mr. cuban, he should pay his interns. if he did pay them they can be creative and on to exercise great things. >> john: but these kids want to work for nothing for the experience. >> im paid internships favor wealthier kids with families that have connections. a. >> john: i look at this audience and they look pretty prosperous to me. >> if...

Ellison. without the minimum wage. >> an employer will pay the least they can, even if they could pay more because, y they can get away with it. people would paid, 10 cents. >> john: it sounds logical except only the law that prevents greedy employers from paying 2 cents or 10 cents an hour. how come most americans get paid more than minimum wage? what is going on here? lets ask a businessman, merv owns a bar in bakersfield. you pay most of your workers above minimum wage? >> about half above an...

And do an unpaid internship. but there are kids like me that worked themselves through college and put money while they went to college and took those savings and put them into an opportunity to do an unpaid internship. to say that some students have advantage of parental support that we shouldnt let them have any opportunities at all. is lobbying young people to follow their dreams. >> john: a lot of interns i am learning much more from you than i learned in college i dont have to pay you. how ...

I had the job of getting all the coins in cash register and putting all the pennies in the paper rolls and dimes and quarters. it was stuffing those paper rolls. >> john: many worked long hours. >> working until 2:00 a.m. my mom would pick me up at 2:00 in the morning. she was raising five kids, not just me. the third night this happened she said, billy, you need to find another job. >> john: shannon bream helped her mother? >> i had to go around every pane of glass after they were painted and s...

Parking lot of the dairy queen. >> i was washing dishes. >> i was 8 years old and i worked in my fathers bakery. i scraped the floors. i dont think i got paid. >> john: america makes it illegal to work whether you are young but there is an exception. >> i worked at family restaurant. they started at me eight years old and i was promoted to hostess and then waitress. and i worked shift after shift. i would work all these shifts in a row. he would send all the other waitresses home. >> john: somet...