Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott has released a radio ad criticizing California for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, the Associated Press reported.
The ad campaign, titled ‘Keep the Sunshine, Lose the Taxes,’ will air in Los Angeles and San Francisco and focuses on job losses that will occur as a result of the minimum wage hike.
"700,000," the ad states. "That’s how many California jobs will be lost, thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage."
"Go to Florida instead—no state income tax and Gov. Scott has cut regulations," the ad continues.
"I want more people to get jobs," said the governor. "There’s a study that says in California they’re going to raise the minimum wage, they’re going to lose 700,000 jobs."
"Our labor force is growing faster than California, wage growth, job growth rate is faster than California," he said. "What they are doing is hurting their economy. It hurts the people who need the jobs the most."
Currently, the minimum wage in Florida is $8.05 an hour and $10 an hour in California. The new legislation would raise California’s minimum wage to $15 over the next six and a half years.
