“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace on Sunday asked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) about his comment that he was “tired” of talking about the minimum wage.
“For people making $7.25 an hour, the minimum wage now, they say that getting an increase to $10 an hour would make a big difference in their lives, and you were being cavalier about it,” Wallace said to Christie.
The governor said he was just being honest.
“I’m saying it exactly as I see it,” Christie responded. “What we need to do in this country is not have debate over a higher minimum wage. We have to have a debate over creating better-paying middle class jobs in this country. If that somehow doesn’t comport with what people in the political elite want, well, I’m sorry.”
Christie said he thinks “opportunity inequality” is a bigger issue than income inequality.
H/t Mediaite
I get it. Spellcheck doesn’t work on the headlines. Carry on.
No, his remark wasn’t cavelier. It was cavalier.
Yes, his remarks about the minimum wage were cavalier just as remarks about the need for Republicans governors to control the “voting mechanisms” in each state were cavalier.
When fascism comes to America it’ll have Chris Christie’s arrogance and right wing authoritarians will love it.
Oh good one you lying POS. That total BS about creating better paying middle class jobs is the new BS talking point with all of you liars on the right. For any of us with more than one functioning brain cell, we do realize that it is YOUR party, that has refused time and time again to close that damn loophole that allows corporations who ship those good paying middle class jobs out of this country, and get a tax cut to pay for the expenses of shipping those factories overseas.
If your lying party gave one damn about good paying middle class jobs, then they had 6 years of total control of our government under Bush to have done something about it. Instead we lost MILLIONS of those jobs during that time. You are a liar, and anyone can say that crap, but it is a little harder to actually have a plan to create those jobs isn’t it Christie?
“Christie said he thinks “opportunity inequality” is a bigger issue than income inequality.”
He actually said that ,wow.
"New Jersey’s job growth ranks 50th
“Famous worsts. Worst U.S. President: James Buchanan. Worst Major League Baseball team: Arizona Diamondbacks. Worst state for job growth: New Jersey.New
Jersey, once the proud home of innovators such as Edison and Bell Labs,
was one of just two states to lose jobs during the past year, according
to an analysis by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.New
Jersey lost 13,700 jobs from March 2013 to March 2014, or .35 percent
of its employment, the website shows, trailing New Mexico, whose
employment declined .12 percent during the same time.*The poor
showing comes as the U.S. added 2.2 million jobs for a 1.64 percent gain
during the same time. And that was before April’s report, which showed
the nation added 288,000 jobs. We won’t know New Jersey’s share until
May 15.I’m setting out to try to figure out what has gone so wrong. And I have a few working theories:”