>> IT IS LONG PASTIME WE HAVE A
$15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.
>> WE NEED TO RAISE THE MINIMUM
WAGE TO AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR.
>> WE'VE GOT TO RAISE THAT
MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR.
>> IT MINIMUM WAGE, THAT IS A
LIVE L WAGE, WINNING THAT FIGHT
FOR 15?
>> ALL RIGHT, 2020 DEMOCRATS
RAMPING UP THE FIGHT FOR $15 AN
HOUR AS HOW DEMOCRATS PASS A
BILL TO RAISE THE FEDERAL
MINIMUM WAGE.
OUR NEXT GUEST BLASTING THIS IS
BAD ECONOMICS IN A NEW VIDEO
THAT'S GONE VIRAL HERE TO TALK
ABOUT IT IS REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN DAN CRENSHAW.
CONGRESSMAN, YOUR ASTOUNDED AT
THIS PUSH OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR
$15 MINIMUM WAGE BECAUSE NOBODY
IS SEEING AROUND THE COULD BEER.
WHAT GOTTERS YOU ABOUT IT?
>> WELL IT'S SHALLOW THINKING.
IT FEELS GOOD.
IT'S EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN, BUT IT
DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO ANY GOOD AND
THEY'RE NOT THINKING OF THE
SECOND OR THIRD ORDER
CONSEQUENCES OF THE $15 MINIMUM
WAGE AND THIS HAS BEEN DEBUNKED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY
ECONOMISTS.
IT'S BAD FOR ECONOMICS AND ALSO
BAD BECAUSE IT'S A
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL POLICY FROM
THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING, IT CAUSES
JOB LOSS.
THE CBO ESTIMATES UP TO
3.7 MILLION JOBS, 3.7 MILLION
JOBS, WOULD BE LOST UNDER THIS
KIND OF BILL, AND IT'S NOT HARD
TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
WHEN A BUSINESS IS FACED WITH A
NEW MINIMUM WAGE, WELL THEIR
ENTIRE BUDGET FOR SALARIES AND
PAYROLL DOESN'T, THE DOESN'T
CHANGE.
SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES
THEMSELVES.
THEY PETE HAVE TO CUT HOURS AND
FIRE PEOPLE, SO WHILE SOME
PEOPLE GET A SMALL INCREMENT ALL
IN CREASE OTHERS GET 100%
DECREASE IN THEIR WAGE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
FIRE THEM.
THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IS WHY ARE WE DOING
THIS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL?
COST OF LIVING ARE VASTLY
DIFFERENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
SAN FRANCISCO RENT IS ABOUT
$4,500 A MONTH IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS
, IT'S ABOUT $700 A MONTH.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME MINIMUM
WAGE IN BOTH PLACES.
YOU NEED TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES
TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
>> BUT NOW YOU'RE IN THE
PRACTICAL WORLD AND IF YOU COULD
BE PART OF TELLING PEOPLE THAT
I'M GIVING YOU MORE MONEY THAT'S
WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT BUT BUSINESS
OWNERS SHOULD SPEAK UP AND GET
TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THEY'RE
NOT BEING SELFISH, AND TRYING TO
SURVIVE AND IF THEY DO MORE
PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED SO MEANWHILE
THE MAN BEHIND THE $15 MINIMUM
WAGE, BERNIE SANDERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN CASE YOU FORGOT,
HERE IS BERNIE BEING BERNIE.
>> RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE.
>> RAISE THAT MINIMUM WAGE TO
$15 AN HOUR.
>> WE SHOULD RAISE THE MINIMUM
WAGE.
>> AND GUESS WHAT?
BERNIE SANDERS, YOU KNOW, THE
SOCIALISTIC WHO HAPPENED TO
TURNS OUT HE'S A MILLIONAIRE, IT
TURNS OUT HE'S NOT EVEN PAYING
HIS STAFF MINIMUM WAGE, IN THE
DES MOINES REGISTER, HE IS NOW
ADJUSTED.
HE'S GOING TO GIVE THEM $15 BUT
CUT BACK HIS HOURS, FOR HIS
PEOPLE.
HERE IS THE QUOTE.
SANDERS SAID ORGANIZERS WHO ARE
THE LOWEST RANKING MEMBERS OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS
TYPICALLY IN THEIR 20S MAKING
36,000 A YEAR WITH 100% EMPLOYEE
-PAID HEALTHCARE AS WELL
AS PAID VACATIONS, SICK LIVE FOR
STAFFERS WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK
THAT COMES OUT TO BE $17 AN HOUR
, SO PRESIDENTS CAMPAIGNS
ARE RARE SO SANDERS SAYS THE
CAMPAIGN WILL LIMIT THE NUMBER
OF HOURS STAFFERS WORK TO 42 OR
43 EACH WEEK TO ENSURE THEY'RE
MAKING AN EQUIVALENT OF $15 AN
HOUR.
HE JUST SAID EXACTLY WHAT YOU
SAID.
>> RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT TO LAUGH AT THIS A
LITTLE BIT WHEN THIS KIND OF
POETIC JUSTICE WHERE THIS ILL-
CONCEIVED POLICY GETS
MANIFESTED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR
VERY EYES, AND I WONDER WHO
COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS?
WELL ANYBODY WITH AN ECONOMICS
DEGREE COULD HAVE PREDICTED
THINK US SO IT DOESN'T HELP THE
PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP IN
SOME CASES IT HURTS THEM BECAUSE
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE AT MINIMUM
WAGE ARE ADDING TO THEIR
HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND IF THEY ARE
PRICED OUT OF THE LABOR MARKET
THEY CAN NO LONGER ADD THAT
INCOME TO THEIR HOUSEHOLD SO A
HOUSEHOLD NOT IN POVERTY COULD
POTENTIALLY BE IN POVERTY AND
THEY STUDIED THIS AT THE CBO AS
WELL.
IT'S REALLY BAD POLICY OVERALL.
>> IT'S LIKE WHAT OBAMACARE
SAYS IF YOU HAVE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE TO
GIVE HEALTH CARE.
SO CERTAIN CAN'T AFFORD IT SO
THEY WENT ONE PERSON UNDERNEATH
THE THRESHOLD.
BUSINESSES WILL ADJUST, SO I'VE
GOT TO BRING IT TO SOMETHING
ELSE IF YOU KNOW THE SQUAD WORKS
WHERE YOU WORK IN THE HOUSE JUST
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE,
AND SOMETIMES EVEN SEPARATE FROM
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, OKAY MOST
OF THE TIME, LISTEN TO THE
LATEST CALL FOR ACTION FROM
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ WHEN IT
COMES TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE
BORDER.
>> WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO DEFINE
IMMIGRATION POLICY FOR THE
UNITED STATES, BUT IS THIS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING
TO HAVE TO TAKE A 9/11-STYLE
COMMISSION?
THEY WERE CHARGED WITH
INVESTIGATING AND MAKING
SURE THEY DUG UP EVERY NUKE AND
CRANNY OF WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW
IT HAPPENED IN OUR SYSTEM.
>> SO SHE WANTS A 9/11-STYLE
INVESTIGATION AT THE BORDER.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT
THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND FIND
OUT WHY THE ASYLUM LAWS HAVEN'T
BEEN CHANGED BUT YOUR WITNESS,
DO YOU WANT THIS INVESTIGATION?
>> NO.
LISTEN THE REASON THEY WANT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS TO ADD
FUEL TO THE FIRE OKAY?
THEY WANT TO KEEP THIS IN THE
NEWS.
NOTICE THAT THEY NEVER COME UP
WITH A SOLUTION.
>> NEVER.
>> WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE
OVERCROWDED FACILITIES THEY
NEVER HAVE A SOLUTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION
FORMATION SYSTEM, THEY SAY THAT
IT SHOULDN'T BE DEFINED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION.
WELL, WE DO HAVE LAWS RIGHT NOW,
OKAY?
CODE 1325 SAYS YOU CAN'T
ILLEGALLY CROSS THE BORDER
THAT'S IMMIGRATION POLICY SET BY
CONGRESS.
IT'S A LAW IN PLACE.
WE NEED TO ENFORCE IT SO THE
FACT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS
NOT MAKING THIS UP AS THEY GO.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE FOLLOWING THE
LAWS, AND BUT WHAT THEY DON'T
WANT IS SOLUTIONS.
WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS MORE
COMMISSIONS LIKE THIS MORE
INVESTIGATIONS THEY CAN POINT TO
AND CALL THE PRESIDENT EVIL.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID SENATOR
SCHUMER WAS ENCOURAGED SENATOR
SCHUMER SAW BAD THINGS AT THE
BORDER HE WANTS A MEETING AND
MAYBE GET CONGRESS TO ACT.
WHAT'S THE REALITY BEING YOU'RE
GOING ON VACATION IN A COUPLE OF
DAYS?
>> WELL, I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M
HOPEFUL BECAUSE I'M WORRIED THAT
THE DEMOCRATS LIKE THIS CRISIS
TOO MUCH AND I'M WORRIED AS I'VE
SEEN THEM FIGHT AGAINST EVERY
SINGLE EVEN THE SMALLEST MEASURE
S TO HELP FIX OUR
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM THEY FIGHT
AGAINST.
THEY DON'T WANT WALLS, THEY
DON'T WANT FIXES TO THE ASYLUM
LOOPHOLES THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
DECRIMINALIZING ILLEGAL BORDER
CROSSINGS.
I HAD AN AMENDMENT THE OTHER DAY
THAT WOULD HAVE COLLECTED DATA
ON CRIMES AND SAM NUNBERG
SANCTUARY CITIES, WE CAN'T DO
INTERNAL ENFORCEMENT, THEY GET
MAD WHEN WE TRY TO DEPORT
CRIMINALS AND IF THAT'S NOT OPEN
BORDERS I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AND
I DON'T LIKE ACCUSING PEOPLE OF
WANTING OPEN BORDERS BUT THAT
DOES SEEM TO BE THE DEBATE WE'RE
HAVING.
>> CONGRESSMAN ITS PRETTY CLEAR
YOUR COMMISSION IF YOU WANT THE
POWER TO DO THINGS YOU'RE SAYING
IS TO GET BACK TO THE HOUSE AND
IT'S GOING TO BE A MATTER OF
ORGANIZATION AND UNDERLYING
POLICY AND SEE WHAT AMERICA