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> A man owned a small farm in Michigan. The Michigan Wage and
>Hour
> Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help
>and sent
>
> an agent out to interview him.
>
>
> "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,"
>demanded
>
> the agent.
>
>
> "Well, there are my hired hands. One has been with me for four
>years,
>
> the other for three. I pay them each $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. Then there's the half-wit that works here
>about
>
> 18 hours a day. He takes home $10 a week and I buy him a
>bottle of
>bourbon
>
> every week to keep him going," replied the farmer.
>
>
> "That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit," said the
>agent.
>
>
> The farmer said, "That would be me."