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Here is one to throw you for a loop. How about some inner city kids going to work for 8 hours and walk away with $0, but with 8 hours of training. I am a small business owner, I would give a person that kind of opportunity. If I took a person with no skills, it costs me money to train them (it actually costs me money to train people with experience). But I would gladly give some of my time and resources to help someone get a start. Then what would happen is that I would gladly pay them more than minimum wage after they show they are trainable, have some skills, and can show a good work ethic. Before you go ballistic, understand that children of business owners often get started in their parent's business exactly the same way - they go in start learning from the ground up without consideration for payroll wages. Athletes do it that way, they learn their trade long before they get paid, if they ever get paid. Entertainers do it that way. It is amazing how being a "volunteer" can payoff.

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Here is a perfect example of the problem. I bet you have never spent any time in the impoverished areas of Chicago. If you had, you would know how silly your statement is. People travel for miles out of the neighborhood, shop at sub-standard stores paying inflated prices, or shop at convenient stores with limited selection.

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