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He says you can't do it. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> john: these are kids that might have invented is something cool and they can't 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. >> i'm 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 your family makes $500,000 a year maybe they can have son and daughter work in new york city an...

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? let's ask a businessman, merv owns a bar in bakersfield. you pay most of your workers above minimum wage? >> about half above and other half. >> john: why pay any of them above minimum wage? >> they have learned skills in their...

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 shouldn't 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 don't have to pay you. how many learn more in your internships than you did in college. it doesn't say much for college but u...

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 scrape off glue and paint. >> charles payne worked at a shop in harlem? >> it was tough gig. you did ...

Parking lot of the dairy queen. >> i was washing dishes. >> i was 8 years old and i worked in my father's bakery. i scraped the floors. i don't 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: sometimes it was how hard to get first job. >> to see if they would pay me to sweep their sidewalks. >>...