GOP Pres. Candidates Campaign on Demolishing Minimum Wage

[marmar]

from Washington Monthly, via AlterNet:



GOP Pres. Candidates Campaign on Demolishing Minimum Wage


During the 2010 midterms, several far-right U.S. Senate candidates said they either wanted to slash the minimum wage or eliminate it altogether. Each of these candidates, incidentally, lost.

The Republicans’ hostility towards the minimum wage, of course, hasn’t gone away. Michele Bachmann, for example, has argued that eliminating the minimum wage would eliminate unemployment entirely. Asked this morning to defend this claim, Bachmann refused, but conceded she’s consider eliminating the policy as president as part of her efforts to crush “expansion of government.”

Campaigning in Iowa, Herman Cain was reminded of his efforts to combat minimum wage in the 1990s, and asked for his position on the issue today.

FANG: Do you think the current minimum wage is too high or even necessary?

CAIN: I don’t think the current minimum wage is necessary because most companies are paying higher than the minimum wage. Now you can’t say everybody’s paying higher than the minimum wage but a lot of companies (inaudible).

Remember when the Republican Party used to champion a “living wage”? Its candidates don’t. (As recently as the 1970s, GOP support for wage controls, at least on a temporary basis, was not uncommon.) ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/626189/gop_pres._candidates_campaign_on_demolishing_minimum_wage/

[Bragi]

1. Poor people earning even less will fix everything! Thanks! /nt

[Maccagirl]

2. The GOP is patient and they are winning everything.

They are waging legislative war on: Unions, Planned Parenthood, gun control, gays, public education...should I go on?

[mysuzuki2]

3. Oh Christ on a crutch, what's next?

Why don't we just bring back serfdom and have done with it.

[DBoon]

4. I'm sure that's the plan

nt

[msongs]

5. that oughta turn off the minimum wage workers, milions of them. How can WE claim them! nt

[and-justice-for-all]

6. Fucking pieces of shit!! FUCK YOU BACHMANN!!! FUCK YOU! nt

[deacon]

7. Between garbage like this and ending medicare it won't matter who they nominate. n/t

[neverforget]

8. Kick'em when they're down just some more of that "compassionate

conservatism"....you know "I got mine. Fuck you!"