Florida’s Rick Scott picks a curious fight with California
Usually, Republican governors are content to oppose minimum-wage increases in their own state, but this week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) talked up his opposition to a wage hike in a state he has nothing to do with. The NBC affiliate in Miami reported:
Scott on Wednesday announced he’s going on a trade mission to California to try to woo businesses away from the Golden State. The Republican governor visited several states last year run by Democrats where he denounced their taxes and business climate.
In his release, Scott contended companies would want to leave California because of a “crippling” increase in the minimum wage. Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month signed into law a measure that will lift the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
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"Come to Florida! Florida employers screw their low-wage employees all the time, steal their wages, rape them, pocket their withholdings, fire them for getting sick or pregnant, and I, Rick Scott, guarantee you I won't enforce any labor laws"