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Comment by WilliamLP

> If there was no minimum wage, they could work $2 an hour of value and then gradually work their way up.

Wouldn't panhandling itself be far more lucrative than this? Based on walking by many beggars every day in a downtown area and seeing people giving them money, I'd estimate most of them make more than minimum wage anyway.

parent WilliamLP 16 years ago

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