July 07, 2012 12:16 AM UTC

At Least He's Not Your Confused, Angry Congressman

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• by: Colorado Pols

Something in the air? Our second “At least it’s not your…” item today, Tampa Bay Times:

U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young has created an Internet buzz by the way he answered a question about raising the minimum wage this week.

When a man, who identified himself as Pepe, asked Young whether he supported hiking the minimum wage to $10 an hour, the longtime congressman from Indian Shores had this to say: Get a job.

The man told Young that (Congressman) Jesse Jackson Jr. is passing around a bill to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Would Young support that, he asked. “Probably not,” Young says on the video.

The man countered: “It’s $10 bucks an hour. It would give us a living wage.”

Young countered, “How about getting a job. Why do you want that benefit? Get a job.” [Pols emphasis]

Now, 81-year-old Rep. Bill Young (R-FL) is running for his 22nd term. We do note that he seems a bit befuddled by the question, but he’s able to answer “probably not” with enough confidence that it’s a good save. As for yelling “get a job” at this kid, well, that’s a scene that plays out between senior citizens and young people every day across America.

But you have to have a job to earn a wage, sir! Tell it to him politely while you get off his lawn.