A Three-Sided Minimum Wage Debate Moves into Nevada

pjmedia.com ^ | 3/29/2015 | Rod Kackley

[rktman]

One Nevada senator wants to cut the state’s minimum wage by $2 an hour. Another wants to raise it by $8 an hour.

Guess which senator is a Democrat and which is a Republican. That is an easy one.

But this is tougher. Guess which party is also pushing to raise the state’s minimum wage by 75 cents.

Nevada Republican Sen. Joe Hardy wants to scrap the state’s constitutional amendment that provides a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour with health insurance coverage — same amount as the federal minimum wage — and $8.25 an hour if the employer does not make health insurance available.

[rktman]

How about we quit pussyfootin' around and make it $25/hr. And, guess what. Somebody will still complain. Especially when businesses start closing their doors and more folks end up being takers instead of makers.

[9thLife]

meanwhile, Harry Reid has a black eye.

[stylin19a]

... and $8.25 an hour if the employer does not make health insurance available....

so Joe hardy approves of Obamacare ?

[rktman]

LOL! He must not have perused the HHS site to look at the “affordale” health care policies that are available. Ain’t nothin’ affordable about them. Well, unless you’re unemployed and qual for subsidies. Then you get the ads that say “If you can’t afford it, the GOVT will help you pay for it.” Guess they forgot that it’s the makers that’ll be payin’ for it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rktman.