Heineman (R-NE) says he would vote against minimum wage ballot issue
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Paul Hammel
LINCOLN — If the election was held today, Gov. Dave Heineman says, he would vote against a ballot issue that would hike Nebraska's minimum wage to $9 an hour.
During a conference call Monday morning, the conservative Republican said he prefers to follow the federal minimum wage, as the state has done in the past, rather than establish a separate wage for Nebraska.
“We’ve avoided the divisiveness of that issue, and that’s a better way to go,” Heineman said.
Nebraska voters will get a chance to vote in the Nov. 4 general election on an initiative that would raise the state’s minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to $9 per hour in two steps. It would raise the minimum wage to $8 an hour for 2015, with the next step kicking in on Jan. 1, 2016.
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Read more: http://www.omaha.com/money/heineman-says-he-would-vote-against-minimum-wage-ballot-issue/article_8d79f9e5-6703-5daa-8948-a0efb3fcdd81.html
That is because he doesn't have to worry about both food AND rent on his salary.
And the billionaire Gov. candidate is against it too: Ricketts: Raising minimum wage would most hurt those it's 'intended to help': http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/ricketts-raising-minimum-wage-would-most-hurt-those-it-s/article_b64bd312-2ada-11e4-8772-0017a43b2370.html
And the Ricketts family tried reducing hours of their employees to avoid providing Obamacare: http://www.democraticunderground.com/11175503
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