Ultra-Conservative Congressman Jeff Flake Calls for Lowering Minimum Wage to Zero; Claims Change Will Boost Employment

This newswire story got buried this week, but we wanted to call it to your attention:

A Republican congressman from Arizona today called for lowering the minimum wage to zero -- in order, he said, to boost hiring and reduce high levels of unemployment.

Asked about Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon's proposal to lower the minimum wage, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said he would prefer that the minimum wage be lowered to zero.

"It's an assault on freedom to force employers to pay their workers a certain level of salary," Flake told a Capitol Hill news conference on the eve of the congressional recess for the election campaign. "Further, the minimum wage is definitely a culprit in our high unemployment rate. It discourages corporations and small business owners from hiring more people at low -- or even no -- wages."

Flake said that the minimum wage was clearly unconstitutional as contemplated by the founding fathers. "People like Washington, Jefferson and Madison certainly didn't intend this as a legitimate role for government. It's a kind of slavery they surely wouldn't approve of. It's too bad that we strayed so far from their principles."

The Arizona congressman said he will introduce a bill in the next session of Congress to lower the minimum wage to nothing. His own re-election is considered a foregone conclusion.

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Veteran-Hating Rep. Jeff Flake Also Hates Chiropractors: Weirdo Pol Votes No as House Passes Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act, 365-6

He's baaack! And doing the 2010 politician's version of spitting at our returning troops.

The veteran-hating Jeff Flake, the congressman from Arizona's Sixth Congressional District, in addition to being part of a miniscule minority of House members this week to vote against bipartisan bills passed overwhelmingly in favor of giving those who served in our armed forces quality medical care and in favor of training service animals to assist disabled soldiers - also was one of only 6 (six!) congressman to vote against the Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act.

Jeff Flake must hate chiropractors, too, unless he'd simply vote against any funding to help our veterans because of his repeatedly demonstrated contempt of America's military.

Jeff Flake's head must be screwed on backwards. His priorities are so twisted, he's in urgent need of an attitude adjustment.

Or maybe the voters in Arizona's Sixth Congressional District can't trust Jeff Flake to do what's right and we simply need to adjust him right out of office this November.