. Three boys came over...shovel my driveway and car. ... 12 or 13 years old... gave them 20 bucks, for an hour.... Did I pay them enough?
You paid them basically $6.67/hr.
That's not a living wage.
You are perpetuating the child-adult age wage gap and keeping them in poverty.
Did you at least contact all other snow removal companies in the area in order to determine an industry average?
As well as your lawyer to determine whether or not you were in violation of FLSA by hiring children?
Not to mention, you never really said they actually shoveled your driveway and car. You could have asked them to do all sorts of weird and twisted things for an hour. You've shown you're already the type that will employ underage children to adversely affect a naturally occurring environment, possibly using metal and plastic tools that dirty snow which melts and becomes groundwater.
I think we're going to need the transcripts of all conversations you had with those children and please send your neighbors who might have overheard your conversation or possibly witnessed child labor to testify, otherwise you will be obstructing justice.
You will be impeached!
Did I pay them enough?
Only matters if the kids think you paid them enough.
If not, expect the possibility of some broken frozen eggs on your door.