Pushing back against Sen. Lindsey Graham's (S.C.) criticism during Wednesday's undercard debate, he noted that less than 1 percent of American workers are earning the minimum wage.And this...
"What every Republican is up there saying is that we are against the minimum wage, because if you are not for increasing it and [few] are making the minimum wage right now, the answer is: Republicans don't believe in a floor wage in America," he said
"Fine, you go and make that case to the American public. I’m not going to. Not from a party that supported bailouts ... not from a party that supports special interest tax provisions for a whole bunch of other businesses. But when it comes to hardworking Americans who are at the bottom of the income scale, we can't provide some level of income support."And finally this...
"We trotted out one small business person after another for almost an hour that night. ... You know what we didn't do? we didn't bring one worker on that stage," he said.Santorum is onto something.
The Republicans better reorient and with a quickness. Everyone is wondering why Trump is on fire? Its because he's giving voice to a Middle Class that is under assault. The same applies to Sanders.
Why is Jeb Bush failing to catch fire? Because he's doing the establishment thing (just like Hillary is doing) and playing to special interests. Immigration? Its a big business meme. If the Republicans really want to be competitive they better start talking to current concerns (which means they need to drop beltway thinking).
The funny thing? Tomorrow is a day of destiny that few are paying attention to. If the Fed raises rates then several BRIC countries are going to get slammed and the world will probably sink into recession. If they don't they're just inflating the bubble even larger. The Fed MIGHT determine the winner of next years election on Sept 17, 2015.
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