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That yesterday or day before. shouldn't be andy puzder on "fox & friends" at 8:37. why are you against raising minimum wage? as a restaurant guy, working class helped president trump put in office is he working against the working class working against the minimum wage increase? >> i'm really glad you asked that. during this confirmation process my position on that was really distorted. for the last two years i've been trying to get the international franchise seals and restaurant association behind an increase to the minimum wage. we should increase, but shouldn't increase it past the point w...

You know, i'm sure he could be right but i don't think he is. i think he's wrong. >> when you wore the former hat as ceo of cke you fought against raising the minimum wage. if wage growth what is we need, increased wages have you changed your opinion on that? >> no. actually, that's not true. for the last couple years i've been encouraging the national restaurant association and the international franchise association to get behind an increase in the minimum wage. what i oppose and still oppose, is an increase in the minimum wage that kills jobs. if you get to the point where you're killing jo...

Here is more from pugh on her decision. >> i don't think there's anybody that wants to see the minimum wage increased more than i do. but i think it's important we follow the lead of the state. for those reasons and the economic impact i think that's has on the city, making the hole in the doughnut is not appropriate at this time. >> dana: i think that's courageous. what she was saying what she wants to follow the state. state legislature is working on a bill that would raise it to $10.10 an hour. she set up it ghost of $15 an hour, jobs will leave the city and go to the counties. >> greg: by ...

Leave the city. i think they will automate. have a robot do it. but take it one step further. if she goes 15 and they go outside her city to the county, what if the state goes to 15? they are going to do the same thing anyway. the answer is, don't artificially raise the minimum wage but not because -- they are just going to automate you out of business. >> lisa: dana, you mentioned $10.10. congressional budget office said increasing the federal minimum wage would cost upwards of 500,000 jobs. i think it ultimately comes down to cents. cash goes in one pocket, comes out of another. where do you...

In wages for the month of december. they were up $0.10/hour to $26 per hour, but more importantly they were up almost 3% year over year, 2.9%, and that is the fastest pace of wage growth since june of 2009. while the obama white house also welcomed that wage growth number as it gets ready to hand off stewardship of the economy to the incoming trump administration, listen. >> wages were up 2.9% over the course of 2016, that is the best year we've seen since the financial crisis. >> now if you are out looking for a job, let's take a look at some of the sectors where the hiring is strongest. educ...