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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeb!: No minimum wage and longer hours for Americans
Jeb! (previously known as Jeb Bush before he replaced "Bush" with "!" on his posters), is all for screwing American workers even more than they've been screwed. Here are some of the opinions of "the smart one."
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The GOP presidential contender made his suggestion during an interview with the conservative New Hampshire newspaper, The Union Leader, ..." We have to be a lot more productive. Workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows."
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"...It means that people need to work longer hours and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families. Thats the only way were going to get out of this rut that were in.
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Some of this is surprisingly tone-deaf and some of its just incorrect.
But its Jebs insistence that Americans need to work longer hours thats likely to haunt him for a while. Mitt Romneys out-of-touch rhetoric didnt do his GOP campaign any favors in 2012, and Bush is well on his way to contracting the same foot-in-mouth disease.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/jeb-bushs-plan-americans-should-work-longer-hours#break
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)Cyrano
(15,041 posts)GOP requirement when applying for SS.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)what a disgusting pig
this coming from someone who has NEVER wanted anything, and NEVER had to work a day in his life.
fucking pig.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)Cyrano
(15,041 posts)he can survive the primaries.
Many people see him as the only "relatively" sane candidate. As far as I'm concerned, the entire GOP, including Jeb!, went over the crazy cliff long ago.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Cheney yourself up, down, and sideways.
mindem
(1,580 posts)Work harder, and longer for less money so the top can grab more - then blame the poor and middle class for being lazy and greedy. Friggin idiots.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)why is it so hard to find a job?
forsaken mortal
(112 posts)And now that Repubs are fighting hard to do away with overtime pay and minimum wage, there's going to be an even smaller workforce being worked to death for peanuts while the rest of the country starves to death.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Jeb! has just insulted everybody who has a job or is looking for one. We're not productive enough, we don't work hard enough. And just to prove he so out of touch that he has exactly zero concept of "work", somehow longer hours and "harder work" (whatever the hell that means) automatically translates into "more income for their families". While that may be somewhat true for those who are fortunate enough to get overtime, for most it is not.
I know several people who would be happy to re-join the workforce...if there any fucking jobs to be had!
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)He wouldn't know work if it bit him on the ass.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)I am so tired of this meme that somehow all the nation's woes can be laid at the feet of the unemployed and any other wealth-challenged Americans. And I'm even more tired of politicians--on both sides of the aisle--who seem to believe that we elected them to be our parents.
Itchinjim
(3,085 posts)I guess I could squeeze another 10 or 20 if it would make Jeb! happy.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)it ain't working.
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)knuckle draggers who vote in GOP primaries.
Assuming Jeb! can somehow win the nomination, how is he going to explain all the positions he took to kiss the collective asses of America's most radical imbeciles?
Life ain't easy when you sell your soul (if there is such a thing).
madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)Cyrano
(15,041 posts)I guess it's okay if you're a Republican.
But I digress. They're probably comparing notes on how to further inflict more labor on the peasants.
Tracer
(2,769 posts)After a town hall meeting at the Hudson VFW, Bush sought to clarify the remarks by saying he was referring only to those working part time who need more access to full time work. He said he was absolutely not talking about those already working full time or carrying more than one job.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/08/jeb-bush-says-people-need-work-longer-hours/fyALI7VKcAtqtgag8eGoWO/story.html
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)Perhaps Jeb! and other pols don't understand that their every utterance is out there forever. They are still living in a world where they believe they can change their message depending on the audience.
Hey, Jeb!, much of the audience is connected to the net. Outside of most of those over perhaps about 60ish, only the brainwashed will vote for you or any other Republican.
You and the rest of your party are talking yourselves into an ancient history museum which has a huge "Republican Party" sign over the entrance.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Employees working more hours does not increase productivity and it drives down the workforce participation rate because fewer people are doing all the work.
forsaken mortal
(112 posts)that there is more to life than being a slave for 100 hours a week. God forbid someone wants to spend a bit of time with their family or take a vacation every now and then. I guess only the 1% deserve such things.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)of a human being. He's has no understanding of how working people are struggling out here. POS, he is.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I have some creative oideas about what you can do with a white hot poker.
Human sewage, just like the rest of his crooked and morally blighted clan of thieves.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Republicans: They Just Can't Do This Political Thing Very Well, Can They?
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)it seems they always will.
How the hell did we get here? How do we escape this mindless insanity.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)There's some "God & Guns" dolts I know who will vote for ANY republican that throws that red meat at them.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)provided the voter thinks the candidate isn't talking about people like him.
Nitram
(22,813 posts)Worker productivity went up and real wages went down.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)Go after these people if you have the guts .
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)backers/voters/funders.