On the recordJune 9, 2015
if the biggest problem that workers have is that they will have too much money to spend, I think that is a problem that we can live with
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Seth Harris
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congress.govif the biggest problem that workers have is that they will have too much money to spend, I think that is a problem that we can live with
Harris argues that raising overtime pay will benefit workers financially.
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