starting in 2016 at 10 buck the highest in the country, washington state at $9.19 an hour. matt, i am a huge proponent of the minimum wage. i think it s only fair people make a living wage given the fact full time year-round making federal levels make $15,000 a year, very difficult to get by on. some folks argue against it and say it hurts job creation. as an economic guri, i wonder what you think. the empirical evidence of minimum wage is mixed. studies showing it hurts job creation, studies show it doesn t hurt job creation. at the time we re at, if there s a moment when minimum wage will get people paid more and won t slow job growth it will probably be right about now. you can say in the long run is this really going to be a viable strategy for fixing all the economic problems in the united
less and pay a little more. in that way we will avoid becoming greece. that s what i would focus on of debt as well as creating jobs. well, a lot of people are willing to work longer but their companies don t necessarily want to keep them longer. yes. they find out that they can hire two people at half the price for the price of the person who is 62. now what do you do? i would have a justice department that would go after any employer that fired somebodyo? because of age discrimination. it is illegal to fire somebody because of their age. let me tell you to people who are hoping for a better economy. hope is not cutting it. you have got to replace obamacare with something that doesn t hurt job creation. there is too many regulations, too much taxation, too much litigation in america to grow the economy. boeing came to south carolina, greta, to build a 787 dream liner. they could have gone anywhere in the world. we provided them a good tax structure. a good permitting structure