Miley Cyrus Isn't against the Minimum Wage and the Employment Policies Institute Isn't a Think Tank

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12543/miley-cyrus-isnt-against-minimum-wage-and-employment-policies-institute-isnt



Posted by MARY BOTTARI on July 17, 2014

By Mary Bottari and Sean Hoey

On an almost daily basis, Miley Cyrus can be seen in grocery store lines on the cover of entertainment magazines and gossip rags. But now Cyrus is appearing in one place you might not have expected – on a billboard in Los Angeles denouncing higher wages.

The Employment Policies Institute (EPI), whose president is Richard Berman, the infamous PR flak dubbed "Dr. Evil" by 60 Minutes, reportedly purchased the image of Cyrus for a billboard attacking California's $9 minimum wage. Apparently, Berman's clients think that nine bucks an hour is just too much money for folks in Los Angeles, where the cost of living is skyrocketing.

The 72-year-old Berman may not know what twerking means, but he certainly knows how to exploit young people to advance his corporate agenda. Through the years, Berman has launched PR campaigns to convince people that smoking bans are bad, fast food is good, and tanning beds pose no risk of cancer.

Now, through his phony EPI think tank, he is working to convince America that a fair minimum wage will harm teens and the economy, when the opposite is true.

Phony Think Tank Attacks "Raise the Wage" Campaigns

FULL story at link.

[lunasun]

1. Never heard of this Berman dude but Dr. Evil sounds too kind a nickname after

reading his past and present campaigns