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Marco Rubio presidential campaign, 2016/Labor and employment

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Marco Rubio announced his presidential run on April 13, 2015.[1]



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  • At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Marco Rubio said he opposed raising the minimum wage. He said, "The problem is that today people are not successful working as hard as ever because the economy is not providing jobs that pay enough. If I thought that raising the minimum wage was the best way to help people increase their pay, I would be all for it, but it isn't. In the 20th century, it's a disaster. If you raise the minimum wage, you're going to make people more expensive than a machine. And that means all this automation that's replacing jobs and people right now is only going to be accelerated. Here's the best way to raise wages. Make America the best place in the world to start a business or expand an existing business, tax reform and regulatory reform, bring our debt under control, fully utilize our energy resources so we can reinvigorate manufacturing, repeal and replace Obamacare, and make higher education faster and easier to access, especially vocational training. For the life of me, I don't know why we have stigmatized vocational education. Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers."[2]
  • In September 2015, Rubio introduced his paid leave platform which "would give businesses a 25 percent tax credit for providing at least four weeks of paid family leave. It would be limited to 12 weeks of leave and $4,000 per employee.”[3]
  • Rubio wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald on September 9, 2015, promoting his plan to reduce poverty in the United States. He recommended “a spending-neutral Flex Fund” of federal aid for each state “to design and fund anti-poverty programs on a more localized level.” Rubio also emphasized the importance of skills training, certifications and degree equivalents rather than traditional college degrees to enable working parents to increase their earning potential.[4]

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  1. ↑ USA Today, "Reports: Marco Rubio jumps into 2016 presidential race," April 13, 2015
  2. ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
  3. ↑ U.S. News & World Report, "GOP Hopeful Offers Paid Leave Option," September 25, 2015
  4. ↑ Miami Herald, "Empower families to escape poverty," September 9, 2015
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