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Week for six weeks and bugged them, asking if they needed anybody for after school help. >> john: they finally hired her. outside a nearby welfare office, i was told there are no jobs. >> there is nothing out there. >> no jobs around? >> really, i asked them to check it out. wayne few blocks of that welfare office. they found lots of businesses that want on hire people. >> yes, we are hiring. >> they wish more people would apply. >> we need two for three people all the time. >> out of 79 businesses, 40 said they would hire. 24 said they would take people with no experience. owner of this resta...

Anything. literally some of the high school kids, at my old place we had a lot of high school skids kids. we moved to the restaurant. some of the high school kids want a job, i have to teach them how to clean the toilet. they don't know how to clean the toilet. >> john: california raised it to $8 an hour. what does that hurt? >> inexperienced worker, the person that the doesn't have experience. >> they don't get hired. >> keeps pushing them off. >> john: you don't hire them? >> we hire somebody that has experience. >> john: so fewer workers get hired and fewer workers get a chance? >> and i ha...

You say how far should i jump. >> john: and they would hire on construction sites kids that learned on the job. that is gone, too? >> prop 13 you don't have the jobs learning how to weld. >> john: it's illegal for the employer to bring a kid on and see if he is good at it. >> for free, yeah. >> john: public supports higher minimum wage. survey found two-thirds that specialize in labor law and labor economics say it does kill jobs but the public doesn't get that? >> more of the public should be an employer and understand how much goes in to providing jobs. $8 an hour job, by the time you get do...

>>. [ applause ] >> john: we're back with your questions for my guests. steven greenhouse, author that says interns are abused. hannah jackman and restaurant owner, merv crisp but first, any legal job is a contract between employees and employers as long as interns are not forced to work free. contract isn't breached. what right does government have to interfere. it applies to minimum wage. i think she makes a lot of sense >> i didn't say all interns are abused. i said some experts say that there are various employers that are not paying their interns.

Anything. literally some of the high school kids, at my old place we had a lot of high school skids kids. we moved to the restaurant. some of the high school kids want a job, i have to teach them how to clean the toilet. they don't know how to clean the toilet. >> john: california raised it to $8 an hour. what does that hurt? >> inexperienced worker, the person that the doesn't have experience. >> they don't get hired. >> keeps pushing them off. >> john: you don't hire them? >> we hire somebody that has experience. >> john: so fewer workers get hired and fewer workers get a chance? >> and i ha...