Brandon Williams: “during the years I have been in Congress, in fact for 50 years, without exception the majority of Republicans in the…”

“during the years I have been in Congress, in fact for 50 years, without exception the majority of Republicans in the House of Representatives have been opposed to the minimum wage. Even back when economists said it did work, Republicans were opposed to it for half a century. Now they have ridden themselves into a box canyon. Because the great majority of the American people want to raise the minimum wage in order to help the working poor, Republicans can no longer be caught being against the working poor, so they have to make a choice. They have chosen. They have chosen to come down on the side of their friends in business and against the taxpayers. How? By freezing the minimum wage for their pals in corporations and then turning to the taxpayers and saying, 'Give the working poor more money for every kid they have.' So here is the working poor out of a Dickens novel coming annually to the Congress saying, 'Please, may I have more? Please, Mr. Speaker, I have had another child, may I have more?'”