Trump doubles down on claim that US 'wages are too high'
WASHINGTON — It was a debate remark so unusual that some people thought it a slip of the tongue, but on Wednesday, Donald Trump redoubled his claim that U.S. "wages are too high."
"We have to become competitive with the world," he said Wednesday in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" broadcast from St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.
"Our taxes are too high, our wages are too high, everything is too high," he said. "People are going to start firing people" because costs are excessive, he added.
Most presidential hopefuls this year, including all of the Democratic candidates and many of the Republicans, have argued the opposite — that stagnant wages for American workers are a central problem facing the economy.
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"We have to become competitive with the world," he said Wednesday in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" broadcast from St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.
"Our taxes are too high, our wages are too high, everything is too high," he said. "People are going to start firing people" because costs are excessive, he added.
Most presidential hopefuls this year, including all of the Democratic candidates and many of the Republicans, have argued the opposite — that stagnant wages for American workers are a central problem facing the economy.
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tru...
Well, that's just like a Republican to stick his own foot in his mouth. I knew he would, I was just waiting for it. Wages are not high enough, they definitely don't keep up with the rate of inflation and never have. There is so much imbalance in our economy, but hopefully someone will get elected that isn't a puppet and fix things.