in society. that would be the biggest block in the world. think about this. listen. i m not advocating for anything. why wouldn t democrats want $15 an hour. okay, fine. however you feel about that. but if you re an hourly worker, why wouldn t you want more money? regardless if you re republican or democrat, why wouldn t you want a living wage to be able to take care of your family? that s not what their politicians say. they want $15, the minimum wage will drive us out of business and blah, blah, blah, blah. that s what republicans are saying. so far that is liberal socialism. it s a living wage is not socialism. having being able to take care of your children and have child care for your children i don t care what it is. go ask somebody if they re making $10 an hour if they want to make $15. they will tell you what? not only do i want to, i have to. i m starving. yes. that s going to be interesting to see what the president says tomorrow night and i know anderson is t
hour. reporter: so these are decent jobs? yeah, it s a living wage. reporter: maine coast moves 7 million pounds of lobster a year. they ve aggressively pursued other markets when exports to china collapsed. they d like to expand more. but the uncertainty is what s hard. and it s trying on all of our employees. we ended the year performing basically on target. we didn t grow as much as we would like to grow or historically have grown, but we didn t lose. reporter: the industry holding on for now has a simple message for the president. this is american jobs. it s rural jobs. these are industries that are really, really important for rural america. reporter: for lobster men like cody noonan who likes the president, the tariff war, wearing thin. he made it sound very good, you know, when he was running. reporter: how much is he hurting you personally right now or this tariff war hurting you personally? it s hurting. it s hurting. reporter: miguel marquez,
five to seven employees running my export which would be a second and third shift. reporter: full-time jobs. full-time jobs. reporter: how much an hour? anywhere from $15 to $25 an hour. those these are decent jobs? yeah, it s a living wage. reporter: maine coast moving 7 million pounds of lobster a year, they have aggressively pursued other markets when exports to china collapsed. they would like to expand more, but the uncertainty is what s hard. i think it s trying on all of our employees. we exited the year performing basically on target, we didn t grow as much as we would like to grow or historically have grown, but we didn t lose. reporter: the industry holding on for now has a simple message for the president. this is american jobs, it s rural jobs. these are industries that are really, really important for rural america. reporter: for lobster men like cody noonan who likes the president, the tariff war
i do think i find my purpose and function in life in doing this kind of work. i m very grateful to be able to do that. since his entrance, there has been a wave of stories about his time as hacker. that launched video where his wife didn t say a word for three minutes and murder fantasy piece he wrote in high school whether women running get the same as he does and his specific policy positions. a lot of folks we talked to are asking you looking for you to provide more policy specifics. when can they expect that? continue to come to these meetings and listen to me answer questions posed to me, whether criminal justice reform, whether immigration, whether it s healthcare, whether it s a living wage, i ve given very specific answers on all of these questions. i also am listening to the suggestions and solutions brought forward to the communities i m visiting. if you have all the answers, why show up?
to give higher wages and he wants to do stock buybacks and he doesn t think it will translate into better more jobs and better wages. and there are ceo s saying that, gary cohn saying, hey, you re going to put this back into your workers and raise wages and hire more people and they all sat there, not really. mike bloomberg has been talking about it and called this tax reform plan a fantasy land. i think that we will see some wage growth, but on the minimum wage front, i think the fight for 15 while a valiant effort is not a country wide effort, but some democrats put up $12 an hour as a minimum and think it s a living wage. and if you can afford it go up to 15. and we have to make sure and doing things and the know that this really hurts