our wages have been stagnant for quite awhile but when you look at the amount
of money that waiters and waitresses make
their wages are even lower
as you guys all note usually waiters and waitresses will make tips but they have
a lower hourly wage now the federal minimum for that hourly wage is two
dollars and thirteen cents the last time that uh... the government voted on that
was in nineteen ninety one
and it hasn't changed since it's been two dollars and thirteen cents since
nineteen ninety-one now limit up president clinton was in office
big basically wanted to increase the federal minimum wage and that
means the wages for waiters and waitresses
however
herman can got involved with the national restaurant association elegant
data our friend herman cain he's making a comeback and a well when you travel
back to the slip
uh... it
is a god was piece of that he is basically a lot right for all the rest
of my basically he is a lot of the things that we would
so what do you want to be a cop he basically out lobby to the clinton
administration sent welcome why don't we keep the fat
minimum wage sap
from detects minimum wage for waiters and waitresses
and the clinton administration totally body so they increase the federal
minimum wage but the waves for waiters and waitresses
state eighteen dollars and thirteen cents
okay they did not raise at all and that's why for more than twenty years at
this point waiters and waitresses have been making that tiny amount of money
now to be fair
the restaurant has to make sure that with the tapes included they have to
make at least minimum wage the federal minimum wage but keep in mind that
diners are sexually subsidizing the wages for these
waiters and waitresses
right at the same time
they're doing extra work they don't get that bonus in a lot of cases four now
waiting tables a lot of cases they barely make minimum wage
so but he gives this is uh... an idea of how the system works round more
intrusive right
so you the powerful lobbyists nineties herman cain comes in handy commences
democrats
carve out my knee industry but i know you own a raise the minimum wage for
everybody else but we're really powerful way to get a lot of money to a lot of
politicians
sodas and the restaurant so we can keep part
paying our people s
and hurricane then gets rewarded for that you know if that's what he gets all
the big bucks from the restaurant association of satara and then later
they think this guy is such an foshan sellout in keeping the average american
down and helping the rich kid even richer lets me having run for president
and the mico brothers given the money uh... it to do speeches had to be part
of their uh... working groups et cetera et cetera and then a problem up and
running for president
and meanwhile bill clinton have tried their got some results and then that was
a m
and from then on of course that we have republicans they didn't care
and then we had president bob october pileggi whatever change anything
so and then it turns out
eventually in this case permanently
actually was more powerful
all the president says that
you know because he actually got it done in indicates the what he got done was to
keep you down
and keep his own profits up
i know it's incredible and that you know a lot of people will make the assumption
that waiters and waitresses have a good because they make tips
however that average wage for food and beverage workers in twenty ten with
eighteen thousand one hundred thirty dollars dog they're liberal
mahidol i've
bakshi i_q_ you know how much groceries or make a goodbye for the mistress of
that money
uh... interment he would take these women that he wanted us to do so
and say oh i'm seeing a fancy hotel for the restaurant association when you come
stay with me and i get your ruin them
you know i really all expenses paid so had plenty of
and he is for about two always there for investors will with nine arrival many
o'clock with right
but you all you mean too much money cuz you may not like eighteen thousand
dollars a year
way too much money we had a cut that down
i'd like senators kay in nineteen ninety one
was one hundred one thousand nine hundred dollars but in twenty twelve
that increase to one hundred seventy four thousand dollars
so seven one percent raise
well other waiters and waitresses
bupkus rage
they got a squat
and then making two dollars and thirteen cents in their minimum wages
but we'll see how the waiters and waitresses toubro
here so they always say lay all the unions are too powerful the workers are
too powerful
poor
politicians of the people who serve them
there was a really picked up