GOP Senate Candidate" Absolutely Favors Eliminating the Federal Minimum Wage"

[Stuart G]

Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/12/john-raese-minimum-wage-eliminating_n_760445.html
Elyse Siegel First Posted: 10-12-10 09:53 PM | Updated: 10-12-10 09:53 PM

Republican candidate John Raese, who is facing off against Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin for the West Virginia Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Robert Byrd, said in an interview on Tuesday that he favors eliminating the federal minimum wage.

In an appearance on ABC News' "Top Line," Raese described the decades-old measure as useless and signaled his belief that it has been ever since it was signed into law by then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, in 1938.

"I don't think it worked then," explained the GOP hopeful. "It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years."

When pressed on the matter and asked if he thinks the federal minimum wage rate -- $7.25 per hour -- should be repealed, Raese responded, "absolutely."
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If this one comment keeps the Senate in Democratic hands, then it is a good thing. Sure the Dem running, Manchin, isn't the best, but this along with the Republican "hick" commercial might just do it. I hope so. Having the Senate in Democratic hands is far better than the alternative.

[OHdem10]

1. McMahon called for getting rid of minimum wage. Many Libertarian Republicans

in Congress had held these positions. Why do we think
it is always so hard to raise the minimum wage.

Financial Freedom.

[Stuart G]

2. Libertarian Republicans are in favor of a huge pool of cheap labor.

A pool that they sit on top of and keep down.

[JohnWxy]

3. recommended.

[justgamma]

4. So do the Iowa Republicans.

It's in their platform. Par for the course for pukes.