My bad. It's a job that's easy to get.

Because a 16 year old with no finished schooling who can only work part time has just so many options.

when I was 14 I was doing grunt work at a saw mill.

No experience needed. $10 an hour

not a lot of saw mills in southeast michigan, buddy

Now find 5 other people who worked at a saw mill when they were 14.

Already did.

I wasn't the only 14 year old there.

As far as dead-end jobs go, McDonalds gives plenty of hours and a few benefits, so it's not bad for someone who starts out.

In my state, unless that saw mill was family owned that would be illegal. I live in suburban CT and my first job was a grocery bagger for minimum wage, a few hours per week.

No experience is really needed for that other than common sense, but as a 16 year old you take what you can get.

and the people are just ass fucked most welfare is outright fraud

*less than a third