{"id":1002815,"date":"2018-11-01T16:15:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002815"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:04","slug":"trumps-top-economic-advisor-minimum-wage-is-terrible-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-top-economic-advisor-minimum-wage-is-terrible-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Top Economic Advisor: Minimum Wage Is \u2018Terrible Idea\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump\u2019s top economic advisor said today that he does not believe in a federal minimum wage and called it a \u201cterrible idea.\u201d Seriously. He even opposed state and local minimum wage increases that have raised wages for 4.5 million workers this year. It\u2019s no wonder workers\u2019 wages have remained stagnant under Trump.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s top economic adviser said the federal minimum wage was a \u201cterrible idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThe White House\u2019s top economic adviser said Thursday that he opposes the federal minimum wage, arguing that the decades-old law is a \u2018terrible idea\u2019 that drives up costs for small businesses across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump’s top economic adviser said he would oppose any attempt to work with Democrats in Congress to raise the federal minimum wage.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cLarry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said that he would oppose any attempt to work with Democrats in Congress to lift the federal minimum wage should the party take back the House or Senate in the 2018 midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump’s top economic adviser opposed state and local minimum wage increases that raised wages for 4.5 million workers this year.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cKudlow appeared to also oppose minimum wages at the state and local levels, citing conservative arguments that it constrains business growth by adding to their costs, but he said the federal government shouldn\u2019t interfere. \u00a0\u2018I would argue against state and local, but that\u2019s up to the states and localities,\u2019 Kudlow said.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ABC News<\/a>: \u201cAbout 4.5 million workers around the country will benefit from the [minimum] wage increases taking effect early this year the Economic Policy Institute says. The 10 states raising the minimum wage as a result of legislation or ballot measures are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, according to EPI.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump\u2019s top economic advisor said today that he does not believe in a federal minimum wage and called it a \u201cterrible idea.\u201d Seriously. He even opposed state and local minimum wage increases that have raised wages for 4.5 million workers this year. It\u2019s no wonder workers\u2019 wages have remained stagnant under Trump.   Trump’s top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump\u2019s Top Economic Advisor: Minimum Wage Is \u2018Terrible Idea\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-top-economic-advisor-minimum-wage-is-terrible-idea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-01T20:15:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-top-economic-advisor-minimum-wage-is-terrible-idea\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-top-economic-advisor-minimum-wage-is-terrible-idea\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Top Economic Advisor: Minimum Wage Is \u2018Terrible Idea\u2019 - 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