Christie Proposes $1 Minimum-Wage Increase Over Three Years

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-28/christie-proposes-1-minimum-wage-increase-over-three-years-1-.html

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed increasing the state’s minimum wage by $1 over a phase- in period of three years.

Christie conditionally vetoed Democrats’ legislation, which had sought to raise the wage to $8.50 an hour in March from $7.25 and tie future increases to changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index. He also proposed a 25 percent increase in the New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit, which benefits workers of low and moderate incomes.

Christie, 50, a Republican seeking a second term, said in a statement that the Democrats’ measure was “lopsided” because it would harm small businesses while helping wage earners.

New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Thomas Bracken called Christie’s proposal a “reasonable compromise.”


***A WHOLE DOLLAR!11

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. And workers should be grateful for it, too...

Meanwhile Australia has a $15.51 an hour minimum wage...

[KamaAina]

2. Note how the headline makes Christie look like the good guy

[cali]

3. fuck that pig. NJ has the same minimum wage as the Federal minimum

he vetoed the dem proposal to raise it.

I despise Christie.

[davidn3600]

4. A whole dollar is actually a big deal to a Republican

He'll get roasted by the right for suggesting any increase at all. In fact, some on the right want the minimum wage scrapped.