Rhoads Rhoads gets a raise every year. Why is she blocking one for Hoosiers?

According to the Indiana Transparency Database, Rep. Rhonda Rhoads made $58,471.66 last year from her part time position in the Indiana House of Representatives. Her salary is tied to judicial pay, so she has gotten a raise every year since she entered the General Assembly. Plus, she is drawing a pension check from being a retired teacher, despite her frequent votes against public education and teachers.

However, she refused to co-sponsor HB 1151, by Rep. John Bartlett, which would have taken the modest step of raising the Indiana minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $8.25 per hour this year. This would have given a minimum wage worker a more than $2,000 a year raise. Her party refused to even give this a hearing, and spent much of their time this session on things that don't create jobs or raise wages. More than 70% of Americans want a minimum wage increase, and even Republicans in the Michigan Legislature recently passed an increase.

The questions we have for Rep. Rhonda Rhoads are simple.

• Do you support raising the minimum wage in Indiana at all?
• Would you support HB 1151 to raise the minimum wage by $1.00 per hour?
• Do you support the idea of having a minimum wage at all?
• If given the chance, would you abolish the minimum wage?
• Do you think it is right that you get a raise every year while minimum wage workers in Indiana are stuck at $7.25 per hour while you get salary and pension increase paid by taxpayers?

Answer us Rhonda. You have no problem giving your opinion on Duck Dynasty, so answer the questions.