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Save the unions
October 24, 2009

For those wages

I recently took my 14-year-old daughter to the local grocery store where her older sister had been hired at 14. The store owner told me that she probably would not hire my daughter because of the new minimum wage increase ("Paying the price," Oct. 24). For those wages, she would rather hire an adult. The minimum wage jobs were never meant to support families. They were meant to give people job experience to move on to better paying jobs. Unfortunately, my daughter will not be able to have that experience.
—Jody Fayman; Lincoln, Neb.

Toward boiling

Thanks for "Enemies within" (Oct. 24) about establishing an enemies list. Janie B. Cheaney's concern about the demonization of political opponents seems very important and it ought to be a two-way street. I sense that we're hurtling toward a boiling point that will make the 1960s seem like a pleasant walk in the park.
—Jason Aaron Leininger; Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

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