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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump calls for an END to the Federal Minimum Wage. [View all]
In other words, not $15.
Not $12.
Not even $7.25, the current minimum.
But $0.0
How's that for throwing the difference between the parties into stark relief?
P.S. And he won't pledge to EVER release his taxes, though Hillary has released 30+ years.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/08/federal-minimum-wage-trump
Donald Trump has called for the elimination of the federal minimum wage, as he retreated from primary promises and once again refused to release his tax returns because of a link to an audit.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president repeatedly said he would support a higher minimum wage, a reversal from his position when he had conservative opponents. But he insisted on Sunday that states should decide such wages.
I like the idea of let the states decide, Trump told NBCs Meet the Press. But I think people should get more. I think theyre out there. Theyre working. It is a very low number.
Asked should the federal government set a floor a national minimum wage Trump replied: No, Id rather have the states go out and do what they have to do.
And the states compete with each other, not only other countries, but they compete with each other.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president repeatedly said he would support a higher minimum wage, a reversal from his position when he had conservative opponents. But he insisted on Sunday that states should decide such wages.
I like the idea of let the states decide, Trump told NBCs Meet the Press. But I think people should get more. I think theyre out there. Theyre working. It is a very low number.
Asked should the federal government set a floor a national minimum wage Trump replied: No, Id rather have the states go out and do what they have to do.
And the states compete with each other, not only other countries, but they compete with each other.
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the people who are not wanting to vote for Hillary are not necessarily purists
passiveporcupine
May 2016
#25
No. They just want Hillary to be purer than anyone else who has ever run for office.
Jitter65
May 2016
#33
It IS a change from his position in the primaries, which is odd because they usually
pnwmom
May 2016
#7
Hillary won't be encouraging outsourcing. She's called for changes in the tax code
pnwmom
May 2016
#15
No, it encourages states in a race to the bottom so employers like Trump get even richer.
pnwmom
May 2016
#18
Not to mention the ability to get around equal pay for equal work to pay minorities even less than
Jitter65
May 2016
#35
Perhaps this will turn off several voters planning to go tRump...sure is a contrast on both tax
downeastdaniel
May 2016
#22
don't forget talk some of the union crowd will Go Trump. Some already are serial repuke voters and
Person 2713
May 2016
#34
"the difference between the parties into stark relief?" You sure got that right.
jtuck004
May 2016
#30
Federal minimum wage gone, so is the states, and red states ain't gonna pay much if anything.
Iliyah
May 2016
#36
Makes one wonder why Bill Clinton encouraged Trump to get involved with GOP
ReasonableToo
May 2016
#51
He was just, in an agreeable way, steering the narcissist away from the Dem party.
pnwmom
May 2016
#55
Anyone opposed to a higher minimum wage would call for an immediate raise in the wage if they ever
liberalnarb
May 2016
#64
He is advocating for ZERO minimum wage. ZERO. And people still think Hillary is the same as Trump?
AgadorSparticus
May 2016
#65
Tinyhands Trump thinks he han't got enough $$$ because he can't hold it in all his Tiny Hands
Hekate
May 2016
#66
So, it's fine with him when MS, AL, LA reinstitute nothing pay and company stores?
lark
May 2016
#67
He wants us to compete at the Chinese iPhone factory worker wage level. Despot in a suit
TeamPooka
May 2016
#69