Peter Shiff (Wall St. Libertarian Guru) Suggests Mentally Retarded Could be Paid 2$ an Hour!
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TDS: Peter Schiff Suggests the 'Mentally Retarded' Could be Paid $2 an Hour
This is what Republicans and wingnut libertarians think of most of us. They just usually don't say it out loud as Peter Schiff did to The Daily Show's Samantha Bee.
The Daily Show began with a little preview of what they thought we might see in this Tuesday's state of the union address and given the fact that they tape well before air time of the president's speech, they decided to highlight one issue they already knew would be discussed, raising the minimum wage.
After discussing the fact that the only thing this obstructionist Congress managed to pass that was laid out in last year's state of the union address was raising the debt ceiling and reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, and the fact that President Obama has decided to go it on his own when it comes to raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers, host Jon Stewart suggested that the president is now in the "f**k it stage of his presidency."
But, as Jon noted, before he can scratch some of the items off of that "f**k it list," we "should probably learn more about this minimum wage thing."
Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee was sent out to "investigate" the matter and interviewed libertarian wingnut Peter Schiff, who is firmly against any increase in the minimum wage. I know they edit these interviews down for comedic effect, but after watching Schiff in action, harassing Walmart workers who are out there striking for an increase in the minimum wage, I doubt very highly that they misrepresented his views on the issue.
Bee did a good job of making a mockery of the fact that Schiff doesn't want there to be any minimum wage at all, and of his lies about the employees making those wages being primarily entry level workers and the young.
She also had a very bad reaction to columnist Barry Ritholtz telling her about the welfare queens, Walmart and McDonalds and the $7 billion they suck out of our economy every year in public assistance for their employees who are being paid starvation wages.
AMAZING VIDEO AT SITE:
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/01/tds-peter-schiff-suggests-mentally
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than the rest of us.
Looks like the first candidate for that $2.00/hour wage should be Schiff.
That was and EXCELLENT COME BACK! (from a fellow Wall Streeter to go after Peter Schiff...about how Folks are Thrown in to Poverty...and yet those who employ them are Participating off of CHEAP LABOR...and Shiff wants to use "Disadvantaged Kids" to "pick up the Slack?"
DISGUSTING....