Larry "Robe Rage" Elder: ‘The ideal CA minimum wage is $0.00.’ Is Elder being overpaid?

Mod: Running the 6th largest economy in the world is no easy job. Is that why some people want to elect a loudmouth AM talk radio knucklehead who broadcasts in his bathrobe? Is the joke still funny?

‘The ideal minimum wage is $0.00.’ Leading candidate to replace Newsom wants no requirement (Sacramento Beelink): California workers currently earn a minimum of $13 or $14 an hour, but Larry Elder says he’d get rid of a legal baseline altogether.

“For somebody who’s never run a business to tell business people... ‘I’m going to jack up your price of labor, and you’re going to deal with it,’ to me, it’s offensive,” said Elder, a longtime conservative talk radio host and leading candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election this fall.

“The ideal minimum wage is $0.00,” he added.

During a wide-spanning interview with McClatchy’s California editorial boards on Tuesday, Elder expounded on his plans for governing California, which he argues are based on “common sense” principals that “Joe and Joan Sixpack” can agree with.

He said minimum wages are burdensome on businesses and cut down on jobs. Current California law requires a $14 minimum wage for employers with 26 or more employees and $13 for employers with less than 26 employees.

“Why two people who are adults can’t determine what the price of labor ought to be, is beyond me, and why a third party feels it is his or her business to interfere with that is also beyond me,” he said.

Elder, who grew up in Los Angeles, has for decades shared his conservative views via a nationally-syndicated radio show and newspaper columns. After entering the recall race in July, Elder quickly became the leading candidate, outpacing fellow California Republicans who have been campaigning for months.

Unlike former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer or Assembly Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, Elder has no elected governing experience ⁠— but argued that a government background isn’t strictly necessary for running California.

Mod: The LA Times estimates this recall election will end up costing $400 million. For that kind of money you'd think we'd get someone who knows what he is doing. Until then Robe Rage is going to be worth about $0.00.

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