Bill Clinton: “The minimum wage has been raised five times since World War II, since…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 1998

The minimum wage has been raised five times since World War II, since 1948; four of those times the unemployment rate was higher than it is now.

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Remarks to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Convention

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