On the recordJune 9, 2015
If the biggest problem that workers have is that they will have too much money to spend, I think that is a problem that we can live with
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Seth Harris
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congress.govIf the biggest problem that workers have is that they will have too much money to spend, I think that is a problem that we can live with
Harris argues that raising overtime pay will benefit workers financially.
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I see workers being thrown out of jobs, but I don't see total employment in the economy declining because of AI.
We need to skill workers up so that they can compete for those high-wage, high-skill jobs, but that is difficult for a lot of workers.
They are not asking for a handout. They merely ask for an honest day's pay in return for an honest day's work.
I think, frankly, that it is a failure of political will. It is really incumbent upon Congress to provide those resources.