If You Make $8.50 an Hour, Rep. Bill Young Thinks You Need to Get a Damn Job

If you live in Florida and have a job that pays $8.50 an hour, you best quit asking for that $1.50 an hour raise and just get a damn job like everyone else. 

At least that's what Rep. C.W. Bill Young of Treasure Island recommended to one of his constituents at an Independence Day event on Wednesday. The constituent, who said he makes $8.50 an hour, asked the Congressman if he would support a bill by Jesse Jackson Jr. to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour. "Probably not," Rep. Young said. "How about getting a job?" Damn straight Bill. Lazy bastards who bug their representatives instead of working like everyone else don't need $1.50 more an hour.  

(As this site points out, Young actually voted FOR a cost of living increase for himself and other members of Congress in 2010.)