To: Andy Puzder, Hardee's and Carl's Jr. CEO

Tell Andy Puzder, the CEO of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., that HE'S the problem!

Andy Puzder, it's time to stop blaming your employees for depending on public assistance when it's your low wages that trap them in poverty. Pay all of your employees a $15 minimum wage so that they can work a full 40 hour week and have enough to get by without having to depend on public assistance.

Why is this important?

Andy Puzder, Hardee's and Carl's Jr. CEO, recently appeared on Fox News and disrespected his 20,000+ employees by insisting that they are so dependent on public benefits that they would not want to work full-time hours nor take promotions if the minimum wage were raised. He went on to say, "These [public assistance] benefits are essential for people, they're how they pay the rent, they're how they feed their kids," without noting the irony that it's his company's poverty wages that make it impossible for fast food workers to make ends meet without public assistance.

The fast food industry benefits from over $153 billion a year in subsidies in the form of public assistance because their wages are so abysmal. These subsidies allow CEOs like Puzder to earn a staggering $17,192/day, which is more than a minimum wage employee makes each year.

Tell Puzder to open his eyes and see that his greed is the real problem.