"I think increasing the minimum wage leads to people being able to support themselves and their families, and we can do it in a way that's not going to hurt job creation," Burke said on Sunday when she came out in support of a higher wage.

Walker said Wednesday, in response to questions from reporters, that Burke was pushing the minimum wage issue because she has yet to release a jobs plan. Burke, who entered the race in October, has said she will release her plan soon.

"That's what happens when you don't have a jobs plan," Walker said of Burke's calling for raising the minimum wage. "You pretend to have one by pointing to something like that. We have a jobs plan. We've been implementing it, we'll continue to implement it."

Walker, in his first run for office in 2010, promised the state would add 250,000 private sector jobs by the end of this year. But the state is on pace to only come about halfway toward that promise, and the most recent data showed Wisconsin ranked 37th in private sector job growth through June.

Walker said he would announce his jobs plan for a second term this spring.

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