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>>. >> john: my first job was on an assembly line. i stuck pieces of metal and plastic together for a company of american photo equipment. on the assembly line, i hated the job. it was hot and boring, but made me eager to get good grades in school. then i got a researcher job at a tv station. somebody wanted me to cover to fire and to my surprise, that became a career. i never planned to be a tv reporter. i didnt even watch tv news. i didnt take a journalism course. that is why i think the inter...

He wants to cut supported for vocational? >> i think its cool to have a job and buy a car than sit at home without a job. john, i would wholeheartedly agree there is a major push from washington go to college, go to a four-year university. take out the student loans if you have to. why arent we saying there is another route. the ceo of that company that i went out to visit he was vocational school kid. he came out of vocational school and got a job and prison en to the top of the company. he did...

Is minnesota democrat keith 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 ...

Everyday and they gave me great advice and great tips how to successful. i love going there everyday and learning new stuff. its like a steppingstone. >> john: just showing up and asking for the job. that is what i tell job seekers, you cant know what you are like. just show up. apply. apply again. try stuff. work hard. try other stuff. become an intern. how many of you interns think you current internship will lead to a career? in that same field? too fewer of you. i agree its a wonderful exper...

Decent lives. >> specifically minimum wage side, its a learning wage. its an entry level wage. its not making a living its kids going high school. they live at hole. there are other support systems, show up on time. do the other basic things to have a job. now its illegal. >> and academic setting a dollar for entry levels. >> john: you notice more and more bureaucratic demand. >> absolutely. if you credit with the employer in exchange for this work you are going offer me academic credit. that is...

More it puts you out of a business you have a bad business model. ive been doing this 19 years. ive gone from three employees to 28 employees. im proud of that. >> john: when i was a kid you would go to a movie theater and there would be an usher. no more people washing windows at gas station because of the minimum wage? >> absolutely. i remember when i was a kid. there was a man that loved fox theater and he would stand there and shine a light on your ticket and take you down to the chair and h...

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...

Decent lives. >> specifically minimum wage side, its a learning wage. its an entry level wage. its not making a living its kids going high school. they live at hole. there are other support systems, show up on time. do the other basic things to have a job. now its illegal. >> and academic setting a dollar for entry levels. >> john: you notice more and more bureaucratic demand. >> absolutely. if you credit with the employer in exchange for this work you are going offer me academic credit. that is...

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...

Be a grownup young professional. if we force companies --. >> john: its hurting, he says its hurting the paid workers? >> i dont see how that is possible. a lot of interns do the sort of work that is motd what a full time employee would do but other things. so they arent in lieu of a full time employee. >> john: i recently interviewed a billionaire and he is upset about the labor department crackdown. mark cuban he is not allowed to give unpaid work to college students. >> i get e-mails every da...