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Republican candidate Trump says low U.S. wages 'not a bad thing'
Source: Reuters
Politics | Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:39am EDT
Republican candidate Trump says low U.S. wages 'not a bad thing'
WASHINGTON
U.S. businessman Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, on Thursday said he would not back a higher minimum wage for American workers as such a move would hurt the nation's economic competitiveness.
In a televised interview on MSNBC, Trump, a real estate mogul and TV personality, said the United States needed low wages and taxes to be competitive with other countries.
"Having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing for this country," Trump said.
"We can't have a situation where our labor is so much more expensive than other countries' that we can no longer win."
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Republican candidate Trump says low U.S. wages 'not a bad thing'
WASHINGTON
U.S. businessman Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, on Thursday said he would not back a higher minimum wage for American workers as such a move would hurt the nation's economic competitiveness.
In a televised interview on MSNBC, Trump, a real estate mogul and TV personality, said the United States needed low wages and taxes to be competitive with other countries.
"Having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing for this country," Trump said.
"We can't have a situation where our labor is so much more expensive than other countries' that we can no longer win."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/20/us-usa-election-trump-wages-idUSKCN0QP1AM20150820
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