McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: 'Of Course Not'

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McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: 'Of Course Not'

Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 4:38 PM on October 28,
2008.

At least he's consistent.

Today in an interview with CNBC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he
wasn't interested in raising the minimum wage:

BARTIROMO: What about a minimum wage increase? Would you consider?

MCCAIN: As long as we take care of small businesses. Small businesses
right now -- I see them every day -- they say, You increase the
minimum wage, I lay off workers. Is that what we want to do right now?
Of course not.

Watch it:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/105069/

Although today he cited concern for "small businesses," it seems that
there's never a good time for McCain to support a wage increase for
working Americans.

McCain has voted against a minimum wage increase 19 times. In the
past, his excuse for opposing the increase was that it was "attached
to other big-spending pork barrel." (In most cases, it was not.)

Ah, the only bad lie is one you get caught in.

Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American
Progress and serves as Deputy Editor for The Progress Report and
ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.

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McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: 'Of Course Not'
Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 4:38 PM on October 28,
2008.
At least he's consistent.
Today in an interview with CNBC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he
BARTIROMO: What about a minimum wage increase? Would you consider?
MCCAIN: As long as we take care of small businesses. Small businesses
right now -- I see them every day -- they say, You increase the
minimum wage, I lay off workers. Is that what we want to do right now?
Of course not.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/105069/
Although today he cited concern for "small businesses," it seems that
there's never a good time for McCain to support a wage increase for
working Americans.
McCain has voted against a minimum wage increase 19 times. In the
past, his excuse for opposing the increase was that it was "attached
to other big-spending pork barrel." (In most cases, it was not.)
Ah, the only bad lie is one you get caught in.

If you really want to "support working Americans" then you should be
advocating to abolish the minimum wage.

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Post by m***@regressives.pl
McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: 'Of Course Not'
Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 4:38 PM on October 28,
2008.
At least he's consistent.
Today in an interview with CNBC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he
BARTIROMO: What about a minimum wage increase? Would you consider?
MCCAIN: As long as we take care of small businesses. Small businesses
right now -- I see them every day -- they say, You increase the
minimum wage, I lay off workers. Is that what we want to do right now?
Of course not.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/105069/
Although today he cited concern for "small businesses," it seems that
there's never a good time for McCain to support a wage increase for
working Americans.

xxxx
That's because it's not his job to set your pay.
You want a deal like that join the military.

Don't you people ever get tired of standing around waiting for someone
to give you something?
Why not try working for a living?
And I don't mean kicking some school kid out of their part time job at
McDonald's flipping burgers.