[Fern]

Bruce, you're just not being realistic. Not eveyrone lives in a metropolitan area where public transporation can take the place of a car.

Many young and sexually active women truly do not believe THEY will become pregnant. But of course they do. Young men do crazy things because they really don't have a sense of their own mortality. It's the same principle at work. We all learn by making mistakes.

Minimum wage is not a handout, but a safety net and as such, should be preserved for those less fortunate than ourselves in terms of intelligence, wealth or capability.