Gov Christie "I gotta tell you the truth, I'm tired of hearing about the minimum wage, I really am"

[kpete]

"I gotta tell you the truth, I'm tired of hearing about the minimum wage, I really am," Christie said during an event at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, according to a recording of his remarks by the liberal opposition research group American Bridge.

"I don't think there's a mother or father sitting around a kitchen table tonight in America who are saying, 'You know honey, if my son or daughter could just make a higher minimum wage, my God, all our dreams would be realized," he added. "Is that what parents aspire to for their children?"

The governor went on to say that parents aspire to an America where their children can make more money and achieve greater success, according to The Hill. He said those aspirations weren't about a "higher minimum wage."

Christie's comments come a week after fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin said that he doesn't think the minimum wage "serves a purpose." Unlike Christie, Walker is up for re-election in November against Democrat Mary Burke, who supports raising the minimum age to $10.10 an hour.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-christie-tired-minimum-wage-debate

[Politicalboi]

1. Doesn't Crisco know that

It's those parents who are making the minimum wage. Their son or daughter is probably making and saving more money than them. All those stupid Dem's who voted for this clown.

[KingCharlemagne]

16. IIRC, a whole slew of elected Democratic politicians endorsed Christie over Buono

in 2013 (the issue seemingly at the nub of Bridgegate). I'll never understand that treachery. But I don't live there.

[arcane1]

2. "They want their children to make more money, not earn a higher wage"

Um... huh?

[BeyondGeography]

3. What a dodge

Those precious children you're talking about Chris are getting fucked by runaway tuition costs. Any plans for help there? Didn't think so.

[C_U_L8R]

4. If he actually believed what he was saying...

then he should have no problem with a minimum wage...
or a higher minimum wage.

Unfortunately, Christie and the other republicans parroting
this exact same talking point are entirely full of shit.
They just want to profit off of 'no minimum wage".

[gratuitous]

10. They've settled on their bogus talking point

"We want to get better jobs for Americans, then we don't need to worry about the minimum wage."

Fortunately for Republicans, the entire popular media apparatus suffers from an acute case of amnesia, and nobody in the chattering classes remembers at all that the Republican platform in 2010 was all about jobs, jobs, jobs. What have the Republicans been doing for the last four years from their perch atop the House of Representatives? Well, they've voted to repeal Obamacare dozens of times. They've launched about a half dozen investigations into Benghazi! They've named the hell out of a bunch of Post Offices. They relaxed TSA regulations for screening airline passengers just before they themselves had to go home for recess in a totally coincidental temporal juxtaposition.

Other than that? No jobs bills. No tax increases. No expansion of federal hiring. They haven't done the first thing to promote job growth in the last four years. The multi-millionaires who control popular media access either don't remember Republican promises or don't deem those broken promises as nearly newsworthy as who Alison Grimes might have voted for in 2008 and 2012.

[Rex]

5. Does he realize middle age, elderly men and women work at McDonalds, sack groceries?

I bet he would go right along with privatizing social security. NOT everyone is a teenager making money to go to college...Gov Dumbass needs to catch up with the rest of us...this is 2014. A very small number of people own 50% of the planet.

You can STFU and maybe talk about minimum wage, it won't hurt your rich ass one bit. Heaven forbid he step into this new century.

[TeamPooka]

9. I'd think he would be very familiar with the employees at McDonald's.

Because, you know....

[procon]

11. Truth!

Several of my senior friends work at part time minimum wage jobs out of necessity just to survive. Not for walking around money, mind you, but to put food on the table and keep the utilities on because in the real world their pension plans went bust or the stocks they invested in to fund their retirement are worthless.

[unblock]

6. just imagine how tired the people are who see it every payday.

[Rex]

7. But it is just Wally Beaver's parents and they aren't disappointed at all.

Halcyon days all over again!

[Iggo]

8. Then do something about it, Fuck-o.

[theHandpuppet]

12. I just don't understand these Southerners who vote against their self interests!

At least we elect Democrats!

Oh wait... um... New Jersey and Wisconsin?

Never mind.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. I Gotta Tell You The Truth, I'm Tired of Hearing About Chris Christie

So there.

[onethatcares]

14. I'm willing to lay odds

him and his backers don't support union wages and benefits either.

If they could do away with the min. wage, they'd be so happy they'd piss their pants because that would
allow their controllers to complete the race to the bottom for the citizens.

oh, btw, I'm tired of hearing about that asshole Christie too.

[loyalsister]

32. One thing I wish I could see

is for someone to question him on those points regarding wages one by one. I would love to see him squirm, desperately searching for his belligerent glory. Christie has no redeeming qualities.

[plcdude]

15. I got to tell you

I'm tired of hearing about a part-time worker making $500,000.00 a year, I really am.

[GeorgeGist]

17. Tedious.

[Beach Rat]

18. This from a guy whose wife earned over $500,000 last year.

From a part time job no less! Whose kids go to private schools and one who got into Princeton (where Christie is on the Board of Governors b/t/w) because he pulled himself up by his bootstraps, right? Why don't these annoying peasants just shut up and get smarter and work harder so they can be more like you, huh governor? If only we didn't have to worry about a minimum wage. Twizzle twazzle twozzle twome, time for this one to go home!

[liberal_at_heart]

19. I'm not interested in a minimum wage either. I'm interested in a living wage.

And $10.10 is not a living wage.

[fifthoffive]

20. No bread?

Why, let them eat cake!

[shenmue]

21. I'm tired of being broke

New Jersey is a good state oppressed by bad officials. Governor Dumb-Ass can kiss my butt.

[chemenger]

22. "I gotta tell you the truth, I'm tired of ..." Governor Chris Christe

I (chemenger) gotta tell ya ... some of the things I think of (wish for) I'd be embarrassed to tell a priest in confession ... even if it earns me a ticket to Hell.

D*** D*** Governor and rid us of your bloated self, Baron Harkonnen

Worst governor (politician) ever (well ... one of the worst)!

[Scuba]

23. Those uppity poor! How dare they complain?!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Well Governor

not everyone has a mom and/or dad or maybe even a kitchen table to sit around, to start with...............

[gollygee]

25. It is the parents who are on minimum wage as much as the kids

It must be very difficult for him to have to hear so often about the problems of the working poor. If only his suffering could be lessened. Poor Gov. Christie. We all send you sympathy and best wishes.

[sendero]

26. I gotta tell you the truth..

... I don't fall for bullshit spin from bully-bullshit politicians, especially those who should be under indictment for multiple instances of corruption and aren't only because of their connections.

I laugh at the presidential aspirations of folks who cannot manage a state without tripping on their own dingus.

Fuck that #$%#$% sob.

[louis-t]

27. God, he's an ass.

[notadmblnd]

28. He's probably right, they're not sitting around the table saying all their dreams would be realized

But I'd put money on there being plenty of them sitting around the table saying, "if the minimum wage were higher, my son/daughter would be able to get the hell out and get their own place."

[valerief]

29. I'm sick of his fat ass. I wish he'd evaporate. nt

[Major Hogwash]

30. Oh, yeah? Well all I have to say is Christie is the stupidest Republican Governor on the planet!!!

And there is no room in the federal government for stupid assholes like Chris Christie!!

[HeiressofBickworth]

31. Note: he was speaking to the Chamber of Commerce

who probably loved the message. He wouldn't dare speak the message in a town hall meeting or any other kind of open forum. He would be booed right off the stage for showing his utter contempt for people. What a total self-absorbed ass.