John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker...He voted to kill the minimum wage -- 19 times. [View All]

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James P. Hoffa

John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker

John McCain told a real howler on Tuesday when he said American workers are the 'fundamental strength of the U.S. economy."

This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits. He voted to kill the minimum wage -- 19 times.

He called Social Security a "disgrace."

He supports sending American jobs overseas. "Lowering barriers to trade creates more and better jobs," he said. Yeah, that's what's been happening in my home state of Michigan.

He even crossed a strike line in January to appear with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show."
So it was amazing to hear John McCain say that workers are the strength of the economy.

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In 1999, John McCain voted for a bill to get rid of safeguards against reckless speculation by banks. That bill became law. It was sponsored by his good friend and top economic adviser, Phil Gramm.

You remember him, Gramm is the guy who said America is a "nation of whiners" facing a "mental recession."

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Do you remember the Keating Five? McCain was one of them. He intervened on behalf of his wealthy friend, Charles Keating, who went to prison for making bad loans, looting his own bank and leaving taxpayers holding the billion-dollar bag. McCain was lucky to get off with an admonishment by the Senate Ethics Committee.

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