DURING THE ON THE PANEL, JOHN
BURNETT, GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.
BERNIE SANDERS FACING HEAT AS
THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS.
SOME MEMBERS OF THE OWN CAMPAIGN
ARE CLAIMING THEY ARE NOT BEING
PAID THE 15-DOLLAR MINIMUM WAGE
THEIR CANDIDATE TO BEFORE.
FIELD ORGANIZERS WHO CURRENTLY
MAKE $36000 A YEAR TOLD THE POST
THEY WORK A MINIMUM OF 60 HOURS
A WEEK WHICH WORKS OUT $13 AN
HOUR.
UNION MEMBERS SAY IN A DRAFTED
LETTER THAT THIS IS TO BE
EXPECTED.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE EXPENSIVE
OF A CAMPAIGN MANAGER, THEY'RE
BARELY MANAGING TO SURVIVE
FINANCIALLY WHICH IS SEVERELY
IMPACTING THE TEAM PRODUCTIVITY
AND MORALE.
SOME FIELD ORGANIZERS HAVE
ALREADY LEFT THE CAMPAIGN AS A
RESULT.
LET'S START WITH YOU ZACHARY.
>> IT IS CERTAINLY NOT
PARTICULARLY GOOD OPTICS.
SANDERS HAS BEEN GOOD ABOUT
RAISING A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CANNOT PAY
THIS AMOUNT.
THEY ARE NOT A BOOTSTRAPPED
CAMPAIGN.
IT IS A LITTLE PUZZLING THAT HE
WOULD NOT PUT HIS MONEY WHERE
HIS MOUTH IS LITERALLY.
IT IS MONEY THAT HE HAS AND
MONEY THAT YOU CAN PAY THESE
PEOPLE.
NOT THE BEST PR KNOWING TO
MANKIND WITH BERNIE SANDERS AND
HIS COMPETE.
>> GARY, YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> THE GREAT THING, IT'S A
LEARNING LESSON.
I WILL PARAPHRASE, GIVE THE
DEFINITION OF A CONSERVATIVE, IT
IS A LIBERAL WHO HAS TO MANAGE
PAYROLL.
HE IS BASICALLY MADE WITH HIS
CAMPAIGN FUNDS AND MONEY HE
GATHERS, THAT IS TO PAY ALL
THESE PEOPLE.
HE IS LEARNING THE HARD LESSON
THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD A
PAYROLL, HAD TO FIRE PEOPLE, HAD
TO HIRE PEOPLE, ENTREPRENEUR HAS
TO LEARN.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT STARTS TO
DICTATE HOW MUCH YOU MAKE, IT'S
TOUGH TO RUN AN ORGANIZATION.
I GUARANTEE, IF THERE IS NO
MINIMUM WAGE, THESE PEOPLE WOULD
BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH SANDERS.
KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE
THIS ARBITRARY $15 AN HOUR HAS
RAISED THEIR HACKLE PROBABLY
RIGHTLY SO.
THEY'RE PROBABLY WORKING WAY
MORE THAN THE $36000 A WEEK.
I HOPE THIS IS RAISED AS AN
ISSUE AND BERNIE STARTS TO
LEARN.
ALTHOUGH HE WON'T.
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO RUN A COMPANY
IN AMERICA WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
DICTATES CERTAIN PARAMETERS OF
THE ORGANIZATION.
>> EXACTLY.
TO BUILD ON GARY'S POINT, THE
THING IS, HE GAVE THE TYPICAL
RESPONSE THAT THE CEO GIVES.
WHEN THEIR QUESTIONING ALL
WAGES.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE PAY 70 TO
WELCOME COMPETITORS.
THE SYSTEMIC SKUS BERNIE SANDERS
K.
YOU NOT WALKING THE WALK AND
TALKING THE TALK.
IF I WERE TO GIVE US DIGESTION
TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CAN
PAINT LIKE WE SEE IN NEW YORK
CITY, THEY NEED TO GET THE BIG
BALLOON RATS.
BLOW IT UP AS BIG AS THEY CAN
GET IT AND SIT OUTSIDE AND
BERNIE SANDERS HEADQUARTERS AND
SAY YOU ARE THE ROCK, PAY FAIR
WAGES BE BACK THE IRONY IS IS HE
ENCOURAGES HIS WORKER, HE CANNOT
COMPETE WITH HIS COMPETITORS
BECAUSE HE HAS TO PAY HIGHER THE
MARKET WAGES.
THAT IS BASICALLY -- IF YOU ARE
SMART ABOUT THIS PALSY, HE WILL
COME BACK AND SAY THIS IS
EXACTLY WHY YOU NEED A FEDERAL
LAW BECAUSE I CANNOT PAY MY
WORKERS OR MY COMPETITORS OR ALL
GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND NOT WIN
THE PRESIDENCY.
HE'S NOT SAYING THAT, HE GETS
LOST AND HE SAYS I ENCOURAGE
THEM.
THE BOTTOM LINE TO HIGHLIGHT WHY
A FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE ISN'T
SUCH A GREAT IDEA IF IT IS HIGH.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE INVENTED IT.
WHEN HE INVENTED IT WAS HIGHER.
IN 20 YEARS $15 WILL NOT SEEMED
LIKE A HIGH WAGE.
STATES AND CITIES SHOULD BE
DOING THE ABOVE NORMAL AND
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN GOING
ON.
IT WILL WORK FOR SOME AND NOT
FOR OTHERS.
BUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AT A
LEVEL WHERE SOME STATES ARE SO
MUCH LOWER INCOME LEVELS AND SO
MUCH LOWER COST OF LIVING.
THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> HERE IS THE THING, I WANT TO
MAKE ONE POINT THAT IS CRUCIAL.
THE CAMPAIGN WORKERS FOR
SANDERS, THEY ARE NOT HOURLY
WORKERS.
THEY ARE PAID ON A SALARY.
CERTAIN INDUSTRIES WHERE YOU
EXCEPT THAT IS A GREAT JOB AND
YOU WANT TO BE ON THE TEAM.
AND YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE
SALARY.
THEY AGREE TO THIS.
>> BETTER LEVEL MEDIA BEING ONE
OF THEM.
I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU GUYS,
WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PASSED THE
PASSED FHE
PASSED FEDERAL WAGE LOSS, THOSE
WERE COMPARATIVELY HIGH.
THAT WAS A HIGH MARK.
ARE YOU OPPOSED TO THAT, IF WE
HAD THIS PANEL IN 1967, WOULD
YOU HAVE THE SAME RESPONSE TO
FEDERALLY MANDATED MINIMUM WAGE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU CANNOT HAVE
THE COST OF LIVING, AS I'M SURE
JONAS WILL AGREE WITH FEDERALLY
MANDATED WAGE, IT'S ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT AND AVOID THE NEW YORK
CITY.
THE COUNTRY IS NOT EQUAL.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON SUPPLY AND
DEMAND.
THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH
PEOPLE AT THE MINIMUM WAGE
APPLYING TO WALMART AND DOWN THE
STREET.
THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP PROBABLY
CANNOT GET ANYONE TO WORK.
IT DEPENDS ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
I DON'T THINK GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BE IN THE BUSINESS OBJECT
CONTRADICTING ANY OFFICE.
NO MATTER WHAT THEY THINK IS
FAIR TO ANY COMPANY.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THE
HOUSE PASSED A BILL SAYING
MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE RAISED
GRADUALLY.
NOT LIKELY TO PASS IN THE
SENATE.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS A START OF
THE TURNING OF THE TIDE?
>> I THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN
TURNED INTO AN INDEX SYSTEM TO
INFLATION A LONG TIME AGO.
DEMOCRAT HAD PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITIES IN POWER TO HAVE A
POLITICAL FOOTBALL TO PLAY WITH.
IT SHOULD BE SET AT A LEVEL THAT
IS BELOW ESSENTIALLY A HIGH WAGE
SO IT DOES NOT CREATE DISRUPTION
IN THE WORKFORCE.
OBVIOUSLY A LEVEL THAT WAS SENT
TO THE ECONOMY, A $50 MINIMUM
WAGE AND THINGS WOULD STOP
WORKING.
15, HIGHER ADJUSTING FROM
INFLATION COULD CAUSE DISRUPTION
IN AREAS THAT HAS HIGH WAGE.
THAT IS WHY IT NEEDS TO BE MORE
