Labor Secretary: ‘Biblical Teachings’ Demand Minimum Wage Increase

[Omaha Steve]

By Brendan Bordelon
January 7, 2015 1:13 PM

U.S. labor secretary Thomas Perez said Wednesday that White House efforts to raise the minimum wage and overtime pay represent a struggle for universal religious values.

At a speech before AFL-CIO’s “Raising Wages” summit, an emotional Perez painted the struggle for federally-mandated pay increases in spiritual terms. “This is really about biblical teachings,” he said. “This is about what is taught in the Quran and what is in the Torah and what we learn about making sure we ‘do unto others.’”

“Take the Bible and rip up every page that has a reference to the need to help the poor and the underserved, and the Bible turns into, like, a Newsweek magazine,” he continued. ”And that’s what this is about. This is about who we are as a nation.”

FULL story at link.

[Turbineguy]

1. Oh....

that's below the belt!

I like it!

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. And forgiveness of debt ...

And caring for the poor and sick, and ...

[Populist_Prole]

3. OooH! That'll leave a mark

[florida08]

4. yes

There is something about whatever you do to the least of these you do to me too. So commission is as bad as omission. Cutting food stamps is the same as ignoring the minimum wage.