Andrew Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, would be a fine choice to head a government agency responsible for looking out for millionaires. Instead, he's been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Labor, which for more than 100 years has been responsible “for promoting the welfare of wage earners, job seekers and retirees.”

The Department of Labor looks out for ordinary working people when it comes to keeping jobs safe and making sure that workers aren't shortchanged or cheated when it comes to their wages.

Puzder seems likely turn all that upside down. According to his public statements, he opposes many of the policies and programs he would be responsible for administering. This is not what Trump voters voted for.

Puzder opposes the Department of Labor's overtime rule and actually claimed that what workers “lose in overtime pay they gain in stature and sense of accomplishment.” (Wall Street Journal, 3/25/14)