If there is any doubt Romney is a Progressive Republican, his stance on the minimum wage should end it. Mitt Romney supports tying the minimum wage to inflation. Romney wants yearly automatic increases. This will hurt many small business who will not be able to afford the costs. This also will reduce the number of entry level positions, that young people need to enter the job market.
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney renewed his support Wednesday for automatic increases in the federal minimum wage to keep pace with inflation, a position sharply at odds with traditional GOP business allies, conservatives and the party’s senior lawmakers.
“I haven’t changed my thoughts on that,” the former Massachusetts governor told reporters aboard his chartered campaign plane, referring to a stand he has held for a decade.
He did not say if he would ask Congress to approve the change if he wins the White House this fall.
Not even Obama has called for this. Mitt Romney is advocating a living wage. That would be an economic disaster. Clearly, Romney is a Progressive.
