House rejects effort to let Texans vote on raising minimum wage

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN – The House overwhelmingly rejected, along partisan lines, a proposal Thursday to let Texas voters decide whether the state should increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, pitched the idea of offering Texans a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to increase the current $7.25 hourly wage. He touted it as a way to give working Texans the chance to “vote to improve their lives.”

“No Texan working full-time should live in poverty,” he said.

But with Republicans firmly in control of the House, the measure’s failure was expected.

GOP lawmakers had already said it was an unnecessary proposal that would burden businesses and do little to actually help those who earn minimum wage. Conservatives generally argue that the main result of a minimum wage increase is to eliminate low-paying jobs that often serve as an entry to the workforce.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/house-rejects-effort-to-let-texans-vote-on-raising-minimum-wage.html/

[diabeticman]

1. Yes, we must keep the huddle masses from actually working a 40 hour week and be comfortable

in paying bills and buying food... What's next actually allowing them to have a vacation?






I feel like we let down all those who fought for us to have a 40 hour work week, days off and being treated like a person.

[Gothmog]

2. It is tough living in Texas as times