Kenneth Brown
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I own a small farm in Central Texas. The Wage and Hour Department of Texas claimed I was not paying proper wages to my help and sent an agent to interview me. <br /><br />"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent. <br /><br />"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. <br /><br />Then there'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. <br /><br />"That's the guy I want to talk to; the half-wit," says the agent. <br /><br />Thats where I tell him "That would be me."
