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Sun 18 Apr, 2004 10:21 pm
> A man owned a small farm in West Texas. The Wage and Hour
Department of Texas claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent to interview him.
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> "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,"
demanded the agent.
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> "Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I
pay him $600 a week, plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a month, plus free room and board. Thenthere's the half-wit that works about 18 hours a day. He makes $10 a week and I buy him chewing tobacco," replied the farmer.
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> "That's the guy I want to talk to ... the half-wit," says the
agent.
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> The farmer says, "That would be me."
I never paid no hired hand $600 a week!