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applegrove

(118,880 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2015, 09:52 PM Mar 2015

Jeb Bush makes the case against the federal minimum wage

Jeb Bush makes the case against the federal minimum wage

By Steve Benen at the Maddow Blog, MSNBC

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

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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.

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“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.

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Jeb Bush makes the case against the federal minimum wage (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2015 OP

Jeb wants states to be able to be played off against each other to keep wages down. More profit. applegrove Mar 2015 #1

Yup. Just as the states truebluegreen Mar 2015 #3

Yup. Profits and bonuses are now dependant on wages staying low as they can go in the USA. It is applegrove Mar 2015 #4

. geomon666 Mar 2015 #2

If no minimum wage I can see some states offering lordsummerisle Mar 2015 #5

That "should" disqualify them all. n/t moondust Mar 2015 #6

i bet king's + lord's said the same about feudalism and what serf's deserve. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #7

applegrove

(118,880 posts)

1. Jeb wants states to be able to be played off against each other to keep wages down. More profit.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 09:53 PM

Mar 2015

Typical GOP.

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

3. Yup. Just as the states

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 10:13 PM

Mar 2015

have gotten into bidding wars with tax breaks etc to lure the job-creators...which somehow never makes things better for the "winning" states, but only for the corporations.