Alan Simpson: “I think that all of us know when we reach these sticking points in this body--and that is often--people then huddle and…”

“I think that all of us know when we reach these sticking points in this body--and that is often--people then huddle and decide what to do. The leaders trust and admire each other and they will work together and move the legislation of the Senate. And that is the way it will always work. On the other issue of minimum wage, I understand there are serious discussions going on about minimum wage, training wage, and getting the minimum wage to the people who do require it most and not to someone from a fine family that decided to go work in McDonald's for the summer and pretend that that is the issue of minimum wage when someone is a privileged young person who is simply in the work force. There are real things here. For every horror story on one side, we have the horror story on the other side. That is the only way I have been able to exist in this body for 18 years. So, for every one that is presented to us, then there is something on the other side about people who lose their jobs, employers who are on the edge and say, "Minimum wage? I cannot do it." You can make fun of those people and say they should, I guess, be subsidized by the Government or something to pay the minimum wage. But the issue is, they say "I will go broke. So, therefore, I will not do that.…”