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Jeb Bush’s ‘Longer Hours’ Remark Will Haunt Him
Philip Elliott @Philip_Elliott 12:21 PM ET
A clumsy comment gives grist to the 2016 spin machine
Jeb Bush: Americans ‘Need to Work Longer Hours’
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush seems to have earned what is now a rite of passage for White House hopefuls: the out-of-context quote that will be replayed thousands of times.
On Wednesday, Bush was speaking to the conservative editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader when he seemed to say Americans need to work harder if they want the economy to grow.
“My aspiration for the country—and I believe we can achieve it—is 4 percent growth as far as the eye can see,” he said. “Which means we have to be a lot more productive, workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work longer hours and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families. That’s the only way we’re going to get out of this rut that we’re in.”
The comment comes the week after Bush released tax returns that show he made almost $29 million between 2007, when he left the Governor’s office, and 2013. Coming from the son of one President and brother to another, the remark instantly gave Democrats a chance to paint him as an out-of-touch elitist.
“Anyone who believes Americans aren’t working hard enough hasn’t met enough American workers,” Hillary Clinton tweeted. The chairman of her campaign, John Podesta, also weighed in: “Americans are working pretty hard already & don’t need to work longer hours — they need to get paid more.”
In fact, a study released this year from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found worker productivity rose 74% between 1973 and 2013, while wages were only up 9%. In other words, Americans were indeed doing more work with scant increase to their compensation. And among the top earners—the 1%—incomes were up 138% since 1980, while the bottom 90% of workers saw wages rise just 15%.
http://time.com/3951396/jeb-bush-longer-hours/
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