Jeb Hensarling (”The Bus Boy”) Hates Working People!

You’ll recall that Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas) voted against the minimum wage increase last week. The Hill has a bit more on Mr. Hensarling and minimum wage.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) lost his job as a busboy at the Holiday Inn in College Station, Texas, in 1974 when Congress increased the minimum wage from $1.60 to $2 an hour, so he has firsthand experience not only with market forces but also with the restaurant business.

Maybe he really lost his job because he sucked as a busboy?

Seriously, though, that’s yet another nickname for a member of the Texas Congressional Delegation. That’s three or four down and way too many to go. But, henceforth, Hensarling shall be known as The Bus Boy.

Then check this out:

Sure, but could he support the leadership’s plan of attaching a minimum-wage increase to the repeal of estate tax, which is one of his priorities?

“Well, sometimes you order your hamburger and it comes with onions and pickles whether you want them or not,” he said.

OK, so you’ll support it? “Depends on how hungry you are,” he replied.

And how hungry do you need to be? “Depends on when you order it up,” apparently meaning when leadership brings the bill to the floor.

The Dome is happy to keep chewing on this metaphor and can report that Hensarling couldn’t swallow his opposition to the minimum wage — maybe because it wasn’t served until around 1:30 in the morning, and who’s hungry then?

Evidently Jeb Hensarling is addicted to food metaphors, hence his earlier support of the idiotic Cheeseburger Bill.