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Tennessee company fined $300,000 for hiring kids to run heavy machinery - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/25/tuff-torq-child-labor-fine/

> The rising numbers are, in part, being driven by a historically tight labor market that’s led to shortages across several industries

Tenet of capitalism: the market sets the price. “We can’t find workers”, *by definition*, is the same as “we’re not willing to pay market rate”.