In response to Gov. Rick Snyder's $500,000 ad buy for this Sunday's Super Bowl, SnyderFails released its own video featuring the "Fake Rick Snyder" punting on important issues. Throughout his tenure, Snyder has consistently dodged questions on critical topics — such as equal pay for equal work, LGBT equality and raising the minimum wage. Michiganders deserve a governor who knows how to be a leader. They don't want a typical politician who will duck the issues that matter, dodge important questions or remain silent on things of pressing importance. This Fake Snyder Super Bowl video puts a light-hearted touch on some very serious accountability concerns that Snyder has created while in office. The video specifically addresses three topics: Equal pay for equal work for women: When questioned on where he stood on equal pay for equal work, Snyder said, "We should be open to discussing what the facts are and try to create opportunities for women to be able to work up the income and earn more pay." The facts are clear: Women in Michigan make less money than men for doing the same job. It's time Snyder pushed for legislation that would help eliminate the gender wage gap. http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2013/09/19/the-geography-of-the-gender-pay-gap-womens-earnings-by-state/ LGBT equality: Snyder has consistently deflected questions on where he stands on amending the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (what is this -- spell out) and marriage equality. It's still legal for someone to be fired or denied housing in Michigan due to their sexuality or gender identity, but that doesn't seem to bother Snyder. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/michigan_gay_civil_rights_disc.html Raising the minimum wage: Snyder said raising the minimum wage would be a "challenge," while at the same time giving massive pay raises to the state's investment officials. Michiganders deserve to know — yes or no — whether or not Snyder supports raising the minimum wage. http://www.freep.com/article/20131118/NEWS06/311180060/Schauer-calls-for-raising-minimum-wage-to-9-25 For more information visit SnyderFails.org, and follow @SnyderFails on Twitter and Facebook. Music: "Mistake the Getaway" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

• published: 31 Jan 2014
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