Herman Cain to scrap minimum wage in poorest areas?

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44985289/ns/politics-decision_2012/

"We carved out a substantial amount from the aggregate 9-9-9 Plan tax base, enough to exempt those in poverty, and we will work with Congress to best apply these in a way to break the 'poverty trap' and replace it with positive incentives that encourage people to work and take risks in this economy," Cain said in a statement released ahead of the speech.

A document posted on his website, entitled "Cain's Vision for Opportunity Zones: Renewing Cities Across the USA", said that minimum wage laws "prevent many unskilled and inexperienced workers (i.e. teens) from getting their first job and prices them out of the market."

The document also said that "all building codes, regulations, restrictions, and requirements should be reviewed from the standpoint of whether they impede economic growth."

[LynneSin]

1. The guy just wants cheap labor to deliver his nasty tasting pizza

:grr:

[mikeytherat]

2. $7.25 an hour is a barrier to work? Too much to pay? Too devastating to business?

And the horse you rode in on, Mr. Cain.

mikey_the_rat

[Cirque du So-What]

3. If you can't make a profit after paying people minimum wage

I suggest re-evaluating your business plan and/or recognizing that maybe not everyone is cut out for entrepreneurship.

[TheMightyFavog]

6. Yeah, and isn't it lower for anyone under 18?

What the hell?

[DesertFlower]

4. i hate this guy more than rick perry.

[surrealAmerican]

5. "positive incentives that encourage people to work"?

Just how much more "encouraged" will impoverished people be to work knowing they will be paid even less?

[madrchsod]

7. he`s the koch brothers house boy

he really is a vile human being

[Marrah_G]

8. This guy is so fucked up

I can honestly picture him saying slavery wasn't all that bad because the "workers" had food, clothes and housing.