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Bill Clinton: “Recent history has shown that those who argue that even a reasonable increase in the minimum wage would harm the economy…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2000
Recent history has shown that those who argue that even a reasonable increase in the minimum wage would harm the economy are wrong.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 3081 - The Wage and Employment Growth Act of 1999

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