The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then. It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years. John Raese More Quotes by John Raese More Quotes From John Raese The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college working on minimum wage. John Raese college jobs children I made my money the old-fashioned way, I inherited it. John Raese money made way I'm a native West Virginian and I've been called everything from a hillbilly to a stump jumper. I'm always proud of it; I'm very proud to be a West Virginian. John Raese hillbilly proud west We ought to start running the government like a private-sector business. I have that ability as CEO of our companies. I have line item vetoes, and if I didn't, we'd probably be out of business by now. John Raese lines government running I have a special child and there are not a lot of services around for that special child, and so we picked out a school that would be a very good school for her. John Raese special children school I say we need to repeal Obamacare as fast as we can. John Raese obamacare needs Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we’d grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm. John Raese growing-up children thinking One volcano puts out more toxic gases - one volcano - than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this climate change, and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells. John Raese volcanoes men years You're seeing the first communist-produced automobile coming in to the U.S.. What I'm going to run on is a rebirth of capitalism. John Raese rebirth running firsts If you have one volcano in the world, that one volcano puts out more carbon dioxide than everything man puts out. John Raese volcanoes men world We spend millions of dollars every year just for the right to pay our taxes, but once again, do we really need to do that? Why don't we simplify it? And I've certainly looked at fair tax, I've looked at flat tax, and if I get to the U.S. Senate, I'd like to review that. John Raese why need year like The oceans that surround the world produce 185 billion tons of CO2 per annum. Man per annum only produces six billion tons, so what could possibly be the concern? John Raese only man concern world Every time you have a new tax, or every time you have to pay really an inordinate amount for a regulation, it's really stifling this country and really stifling American business. John Raese you business time country I made my money the old-fashioned way; I inherited it. I think that's a great thing to do. John Raese great think money way I've been a conservative in West Virginia before that was popular. I've seen a change in West Virginia. Not a change in John Raese, but a change in West Virginia and a change in America. John Raese seen conservative change america Why do I hate Obamacare? Because it is a blast against freedom. It is a socialist program which will not work. It hasn't worked anywhere in the world. It will be repealed. John Raese freedom hate work world