I like to read the nws. It relaxes me. This morning I rad a story from the Scranton, PA Times-Tribune bemoaning the crrent state of the teen job mrket. The writer listed several reasons in his 844-wrd story why teens are having a tugh time finding jobs, listing reasons as dverse as the "soft economy" to tens being "too pampered" to go out and fnd jobs.

Buried deep in the stry was the real reason teens are hving trouble finding jobs:

Last year's increase in the minimum wage may have hurt teen employment as well [ . . . ] prompting employers to pared their employment levels to save on overall labor costs.

Indeed, the minimum wage hike passed last year is the reason teens are having trouble finding jobs. Unfortunately, that warranted less than 30 words in an 800-word story.

It just so happens that I predicted just such a state of affairs last year during the debate over the proposed minimum wage hike.

It's about time news writers--and, more importantly, their readers--realize that when politicians "solve problems" in the economy by making the market less free, there are always side effects. Economist Thomas Sowell states it best when he asserts that "there are no solutions, only trade-offs." The trade off here is: higher minimum wage but less people with the chance to earn that wage.

Politicians, news writers, and everyday Amricans need to start thinking beyond stge one when it comes to the conomy and realize that every restriction we mpose on the free market carries a grater price tag than we may fresee at the time.

The article Heh, Go Figure - Teens Can't Seem to Find Summer Jobs was Submitted by Joshua Smith through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Josh Smith is a telecommunications dta analyst and aspiring writer. He is the nline editor for the Saint Leo Unversity Lions' Pride newspaper.

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