Celebrity chef Andrew Greuel spoke out Wednesday after California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee proposed raising the state's minimum wage to $50 during a debate for Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat. and harshly criticized him.
Gruel appeared on “The Ingram Angle” to discuss Lee's stance on the minimum wage, which she expressed on stage during Monday's debate for Feinstein's Senate seat in the upcoming election. Fox host Laura Ingraham asked a celebrity chef who owns several restaurants in California for his thoughts on what a $50 minimum wage would do to the state. (Related: Eric Swalwell's campaign continues to live a wealthy life despite mountain of personal debt)
Gruel suggested that not only would “every company” go out of business, but if senators were serious, they should start by raising wages for state workers. Sheff went on to call Mr. Lee “a fool and a narcissist” and said the proposal was a path to communism because it would force businesses to become completely dependent on the state.
“The bottom line, then, is that every company in California is going to be number one or below. Second, if she's really serious, why don't she start tomorrow with every state employee at the DMV?” Let's start paying them $50 an hour and see what happens,'' Gruel said.
“Because they're not serious about this. This woman is stupid and narcissistic and at best she's saying stupid things to get attention,” Gruel continued. “In the worst case scenario, she is trying to buy votes. This will lead to upward pressure on all wages. businesses will cease to exist – 100% of the business will be run by and dependent on the state. That's communist. ”
During the debate, Mr. Lee was asked how his proposal to raise the minimum wage would be “economically sustainable” for small businesses in the state, to which the representative replied that on their current annual income they could no longer support their families. said it was not enough.
“I know what employee productivity means, and that means we need to make sure our employees are well taken care of and earn a living wage,” Lee said. “$104,000 for a family of one, barely enough to live on, but low income due to the price crisis. So let's do the math. Do the math.”
Lee is currently running against fellow Democrats Adam Schiff and Katie Porter, who also support raising the minimum wage, with a proposal to raise it from $20 to $25 an hour. There is. according to On Fox News.
