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| Trump’s Likely Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases |
| 2016-12-09 |
| [NYTIMES] President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to name Andrew F. Puzder, chief executive of the company that operates the fast food outlets Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. and an outspoken critic of the worker protections enacted by the B.O. regime, to be secretary of labor, people close to the transition said on Thursday. Mr. Puzder has spent his career in the private sector and has opposed efforts to expand eligibility for overtime pay, arguing thon the lam minimum wage increases hurt small businesses and lead to job loss among low-skilled workers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Women exist too and Trump didn't have to appoint this turd. I'm sorry I voted for Trump. You invoke "women" as if you somehow *value* them, yet you're sorry you voted for the only candidate that could keep (another) Clinton out of this nation's highest office? Good God. You really need to ask yourself whether you believe in anything at all. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-12-09 23:15 |
| #12 Seriously, if this lone pick puts you off voting for Trump, you need to seriously re-evaluate your life. And Pappy, ration the crayons. The trolls have a tendency to eat them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-12-09 22:32 |
| #11 Still Pappy after all these years, Oh yeah, do wang do wang |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-12-09 20:22 |
| #10 Perhaps. If you'd actually pointed out a flaw of Mr. Puzder's that would adversely affect the national employment environment, such as him being soft on H1Bs, rather than his engaging in marketing to a potential customer base that you personally disapprove of, perhaps I might have been more... polite. In any case, you seem stressed. Might I suggest a (family-friendly) coloring book? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-09 19:50 |
| #9 Pappy's still the same after all these years. Women exist too and Trump didn't have to appoint this turd. I'm sorry I voted for Trump. |
| Posted by: Ulavitle Jineper6648 2016-12-09 18:17 |
| #8 Probably because there are more 14-25 year olds willing to spend money at fast food joints (and for a longer time) than there are curmudgeons. So yeah, he's a frickin' genius. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-09 17:52 |
| #7 Because only guys between the ages of 14 and 25 eat at fast food burger joints. He's a frickin' genius. |
| Posted by: Harry Guelph4501 2016-12-09 16:36 |
| #6 "You weren't his target audience." Or maybe he's just a creepy jerk. |
| Posted by: Harry Guelph4501 2016-12-09 16:30 |
| #5 You know if you drain the low skill employment tier of excess labor, the value/cost of labor naturally goes up. Now just how do you do that? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-09 16:15 |
| #4 You weren't his target audience. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-09 15:05 |
| #3 Puzder's p@rn@graphic commercials for Carl's Jr made me boycott his chain many, many years ago. I just can't believe he thinks this dude is the best choice. What a total turn-off. |
| Posted by: Pearl Wholugum8484 2016-12-09 13:36 |
| #2 Sad that this post didn't go to Scott Walker. I guess it has been decided he's more useful as the governor of a purple state. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2016-12-09 05:03 |
| #1 Careful getting too excited about Puzder--I'm reading elsewhere that he's soft on those problematic visas for foreign workers and not strong on other aspects of reigning in foreign workers. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-12-09 00:20 |