President-elect Donald Trump spoke to angry whites who were tired of living in poverty and seeing their jobs outsourced to other countries. His choice for Labor Secretary isn’t so worker-friendly, though.
Andy Puzder is the Chief Executive Officer of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, the former of which is notorious for provocative burger ads that objectify women.
In regards to his controversial ads, he said:
“I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it’s very American.”
In addition to ogling scantily clad women scarf down monstrous burgers the 66-year-old pays the people who serve said burgers a mere $7.25 an hour in most states. He’s against raising the minimum wage to $12 let alone $15 and hour.
Trump's pick for Labor Secretary @AndyPuzder wants to replace workers with robots. "Machines never take a vacation." https://t.co/8Ze34CZRS7
— Reality Matters (@datalogictruth) December 8, 2016
As the cost of everything from rent to groceries continues to climb, minimum wage earners are demanding an increase to keep up. Minimum wage was created in 1938 to give workers a basic standard of living.
Assuming they work 40 hours a week, a fast food employee will bring home $13,920 a year before taxes. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the poverty line for a one-person household is $11,880.
Instead of executives like him taking a pay cut from their seven-figure salary to help their employees put food on the table, Puzder suggested a raise in minimum wage would force them to terminate others by saying:
“Does it really help if Sally makes $3 more an hour if Suzie has no job?”
He also supports the replacement of people with machines to take and deliver orders. Suggesting that dealing with human workers is too hard, he said:
“They’re always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex, or race discrimination case.”
Below, a Carl’s Jr. video showing three women eating one burger a bit differently than most people, which should appeal to the supposedly conservative Christians who helped elect Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvEnVY99DUE
Feature Image: Screenshot Via Twitter
