Ben Carson: Minimum Wage Should 'Probably' Be Higher

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said that the U.S. should "probably" raise the minimum wage during a CNBC interview that aired on Friday.

While discussing government benefits, CNBC's John Harwood asked Carson what he thought about the minimum wage.

"I think probably it should be higher than it is," Carson responded.

Carson's position in favor of a minimum wage hike sets him apart from other potential Republican 2016 nominees. Most conservatives, including those who have announced presidential campaigns, oppose increasing the minimum wage.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ben-carson-raise-minimum-wage

[totodeinhere]

1. He will probably be forced to walk back that comment.

Otherwise it's under the bus you go Ben.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Ben's not in it for the glory.

He's in it for the money.

There may be some spare change lying under that bus, considering all the insufficiently conservative Republicans who have already been thrown under it. I don't notice that a trip under the bus hurt Eric Cantor's finances any.

Besides which, the Republicans don't have a bus to throw people under. They have a clown car.

[think]

2. Good for him. Hopefully he won't start back peddling immediately and it will get some traction

It's a pleasant shock to say the least....

[arcane1]

3. "Socialist!!!!"

[immoderate]

4. I'm disappointed. Carson has ALWAYS given the wacko response.

Who can you trust?

--imm

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

7. The wacko response would have come if they had asked - "and by how much should it be raised?"

[onehandle]

5. Disqualified. nt

[TlalocW]

6. Call it... Time of death for Ben Carson's campaign...

2:30.

TlalocW

[KamaAina]

8. Ben Carson said something intelligent?

The Ben Carson?!

[KamaAina]

9. Actually, a few conservatroids are starting to catch on

O'Really? being the most prominent one. He actually seems to understand that higher wages mean fewer people bleeding honest hardworking taxpayers dry with their evul gummint benefits.

[yellowcanine]

10. Stopped clocks and blind pigs.

That is all.

[durablend]

12. He's doomed....

Don't quit your day job!

[jamzrockz]

13. The actual interview if anyone wants to hear it

[yurbud]

14. he hasn't memorized the GOP talking points: minimum wage should be abolished

"Let's go back to the good old days when someone would do an honest 16 hour day's work, and be happy to get a moldy crust of bread and a corner of the barn to sleep in for payment."