Trump: “I Don’t Want To Raise The Minimum Wage.” “He wouldn’t go into specifics, but promised he would create jobs if elected president. ‘I don’t want to raise the minimum wage. I want to create jobs so people can get much more than that, so they can get five times what the minimum wage is,’ said Trump.” [The Hill, 7/23/15] • Raising The Minimum Wage To $12 By 2020 Would Directly Lift Wages For 35.1 Million Workers. “Raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020 would directly or indirectly lift wages for 35.1 million workers—more than one in four U.S. workers.” [Economic Policy Institute, 7/14/15] TRUMP CLAIMED SALARIES WERE TOO HIGH AND DROVE COMPANIES OUT OF THE COUNTRY Donald Trump Said Companies Are Leaving The United States Because “Salaries Are Too High.” “Trump: You have to keep our country competitive. One of the reasons companies are leaving is because salaries are too high. You look at what's going on in Vietnam and in China and so many different places, so we have to be very, very careful with that.” [Varney & Co., Fox Business News, 10/20/15] UNIONS/RIGHT-TO-WORK TRUMP: LOW WAGES ARE AN “ADVANTAGE” OF RIGHT-TO-WORK STATES Trump On South Carolina As A Right-To-Work State: “One Of The Advantages You Have Is You Have The Lower Wage.” QUESTION: “What are your general views on NLRB and the unions?” TRUMP: “Well I watched Boeing and I thought was a disgrace what happened….I thought that was disgraceful. One of the advantages you have is you have the lower wage. Which means you might actually make more money because you don’t have to pay all the dues that come with union representation.” [Trump Rally, Aiken SC, 12/12/15] TRUMP CLAIMED HE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH UNIONS, BUT UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION IN WISCONSIN Trump On Scott Walker’s Fight With Unions: “I Think What He’s Doing Is Right For His State.” LAUER: “You're a good businessman, all right, but how--do--are you willing to take a stand on some key issues? Like in Wisconsin, the governor there talking about limited collective bargaining rights for state employees… Do you--are you in favor of that? Is it something you're for?” TRUMP: “I think each state is different. I think he's a tough guy. He wants to get a balanced budget and he wants to get it quickly. And I can understand exactly what he's doing. I think New York would be an entirely different situation, which is very, very heavily unionized. But I think what he's doing is right for his state.”[Today, NBC, 3/2/11] • Trump Said That Scott Walker’s Policy On Collective Bargaining Was Right For Wisconsin. O'REILLY: “Is Walker right in Wisconsin?” TRUMP: “I think that he is maybe right for his state. I think it doesn't necessarily apply to all states. You know, I have had great relationship over the years with unions. We've had collective bargaining. I have become very wealthy. I have dealt with unions because as you know New York is largely unions. You are dealing with them. I have great friends that are in unions and heads of unions. So I haven't had the same difficulty and problem. But I think you have to do what's right here -- I respect him. He is tough… Yes. He is unyielding and maybe Confidential Page 155