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McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: 'Of Course Not'
October 28, 2008 |
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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:
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.
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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