Was perusing the internet and saw some stories about teen unemployment. In Washington DC, it’s over 50%. The average nationwide is 25%.
You might ask, “Why should teens be any different than the rest of us?” Unemployment is high all over.
Teens are different because most of them are employed in minimum wage jobs. Over time, we have raised the minimum wage. The people that politicians are trying to help in general are inner city teens. Here is a chart showing how they have done.
Increasing the minimum wage has killed job prospects for inner city teens. It also hurts single mothers and anyone else that wants to try and work a spare job to get some pocket change.
Over time, as we have raised minimum wage teen unemployment has gone up.
