Joe Miller, Alaska Senate Candidate, Wants to End Federal Minimum Wage Law

Joe Miller, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alaska, has repeatedly said he wants to shrink the federal government, and in an interview with ABC News he makes clear how far he's willing to go, calling for an end to the federal minimum wage law.

Miller argued that that the 1938 law codifying a minimum wage "is not within the scope of the powers that are given to the federal government."

Setting such a wage is "clearly up to the states," said Miller, a Tea Party favorite in the midterm election. "The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders have made that determination. The minimum level again should be the state's decision."

Miller told ABC he stands by his previous statement that federal unemployment insurance is also not authorized by the Constitution, saying states should decide whether or not to provide jobless benefits. He said all federal regulations that don't relate to interstate commerce should be done at the state level.

"It still makes far more sense to have those kinds of decisions made at the level closest to the people, where there is more accountability, less inefficiency, where there is more understanding of where the people ought to be and what the state role of government is," Miller said. "If you like big government, move to Massachusetts."

Miller handed Sen. Lisa Murkowski a stunning defeat in the GOP primary. She is now staging a write-in campaign. Polls show the two Republicans running about even, with Democrat Scott McAdams trailing by double digits.

Watch the ABC News interview: