John Boehner Knocks Minimum Wage Hikes, But They Don’t Seem To Have Hurt Him

WASHINGTON — In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) turned to autobiography to explain his opposition to raising the federal minimum wage.

“I’ve had every kinda rotten job you can imagine growin’ up and gettin’ myself through school,” the speaker declared. “I wouldn’t have had a chance at half those jobs if the federal government had kept imposing higher minimum wage.”

As for the speaker’s own history…

“Obviously, a higher minimum wage doesn’t completely eliminate every job for every janitor or bulldozer driver in America –- but it does mean there are fewer jobs and fewer opportunities,” said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. “Boehner, as a former small businessman, knows from experience what the Congressional Budget Office confirmed last year: the president’s minimum wage proposal would destroy hundreds of thousands of American jobs.”

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