John Ellis (Jeb) Bush ($) opposes minimum wage

[DemocratSinceBirth]

For decades, the political debate surrounding the federal minimum wage has had fairly narrow parameters: the discussion was limited to those who wanted to increase the wage and those who wanted to keep it at current levels.

But as Republican politics moved to the right, a new contingent emerged: GOP lawmakers who believe federal minimum wage should be lowered from $7.25 to $0.

The far-right position is more common among congressional Republicans, but lately we’ve seen a growing number of GOP presidential hopefuls make the same argument – former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for example, have both said they’re comfortable with eliminating the federal minimum wage altogether.

Yesterday in South Carolina, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) appeared to endorse the same approach.
“We need to leave it to the private sector. I think state minimum wages are fine. The federal government shouldn’t be doing this. This is one of those poll-driven deals. It polls well, I’m sure – I haven’t looked at the polling, but I’m sure on the surface without any conversation, without any digging into it people say, ‘Yea, everybody’s wages should be up.’ And in the case of Wal-Mart they have raised wages because of supply and demand and that’s good.

“But the federal government doing this will make it harder and harder for the first rung of the ladder to be reached, particularly for young people, particularly for people that have less education.”

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/jeb-bush-makes-the-case-against-the-federal-minimum-wage

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course he does.

How could he run for president as a GOPer if he was in favor of helping people who aren't rich?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Stupid ideologue he is...Great issue for us though.../NT

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. Ffft, I am sure Hillary hates working people just as much as Jeb obviously does

NOT







if for NO other reason, working people will vote for Hillary and like it or not to get reelected you have to do what they want, and she will, to a point..Jeb will not, he will destroy working people

[Thinkingabout]

4. Maybe we should all adopt Jeb's economics policy, we could shut down the

Treasury and anything else to do with money.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. His brother told his college professor "The Grapes Of Wrath" were "commie propaganda".

[Thinkingabout]

6. Now this is a candidate I coulc get behind and push over the cliff.