Romney’s minimum wage proposal sparks conservative backlash
Romney’s minimum wage proposal sparks conservative backlash — Steve Forbes: ‘He’s still very defensive about his own wealth’
Romney said last week that he supports regular increases in the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation, a position he took as a candidate for president in 2008. Six years before that, as a candidate for Massachusetts governor, Romney supported linking automatic increases in the state's minimum wage to inflation. "I haven't changed my thoughts on that," he told reporters.
Indexing the minimum wage to inflation is a goal of many labor-backed groups and liberal Democrats, who say it would help millions of working people. In recent years, Republicans, backed by their allies in the business community, have opposed such efforts, arguing that raising the minimum wage would reduce employment. Some on the right have come out against the very concept of a minimum wage.
Romney's comments have caused concern among conservatives inside and outside the party.
"It goes to show he's still very defensive about his own wealth," Steve Forbes, the publishing magnate who made his own bids for the presidency in 1996 and 2000, told Yahoo News. "All it does is give the base another reason to be unenthusiastic about him."
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That is so true! If only everyone else knew that 
Your Highness, your grace is immesurable or something like that hahahaha. To let us the peasants make $8...come on, we need to jump up with joy...Imbeciles...how can this even be a discussion? minimum wage should be two packs of cigarettes, is that simple and anyone "granting" us the favor should be run out of town! Forget inflation, complex math and all that-minimum wage today should be about $15 per hour in Chicago and that will be minimum wage because you can't leave on that but you could survive until someone stupid marries you then you will make $15.15 per hour, yearly raise but per total you will still make $15 an hour, her wage, as you most-likely be fired for making too much money and replaced with a lower-paid tech like is the case with me. I worked for Rose Pest, company owned by congressman Dold (10th district, Illinois) and half of the team there in 2010 has being replaced with lower-paid techs 
Is called "increasing the company profits" and is coming your way sooner or later...so have a decent minimum wage in place just in case...and stop licking the boots of those who "have mercy and promise" something about it. Have it done yesterday. Romney...put your mama on the minimum wage you have in mind for me, ok?
