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Alaska Republican Joe Miller, in an interview with ABC News and Politico, said that minimum wage rates should be left up the states. "There should not be" a federal rule regulating low pay, he said. "That is not within the scope of the powers that are given to the federal government."
First Read - GOP candidates' remarks spur minimum wage debate
This year, with the Republican Party moving sharply to the far-right, the debate has added a third contingent that wants to see the minimum wage shrink, if not be eliminated altogether.
The Washington Monthly
Republicans claim to be the party for working class whites, and in fact a new poll says as much today.
But Tuesday the chairman of the Republican National Committee proved that he may not be as in touch with working class Americans as he would like you to think.
In an interview with MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, RNC Chairman Michael Steele refused to rule out repealing or lowering the minimum wage. When pressed, the chairman couldn't even cite the rate of pay for the lowest earning Americans
Busted! RNC chair cant name minimum wage, complains of trap | Raw Story
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Do Republicans want the US Middle Class to become "China"?
First Read - GOP candidates' remarks spur minimum wage debate
This year, with the Republican Party moving sharply to the far-right, the debate has added a third contingent that wants to see the minimum wage shrink, if not be eliminated altogether.
The Washington Monthly
Republicans claim to be the party for working class whites, and in fact a new poll says as much today.
But Tuesday the chairman of the Republican National Committee proved that he may not be as in touch with working class Americans as he would like you to think.
In an interview with MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, RNC Chairman Michael Steele refused to rule out repealing or lowering the minimum wage. When pressed, the chairman couldn't even cite the rate of pay for the lowest earning Americans
Busted! RNC chair cant name minimum wage, complains of trap | Raw Story
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Do Republicans want the US Middle Class to become "China"?