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Bill Clinton: If we do not do that, next year the minimum wage will reach a 40-year low in purchasing power.

On the recordOctober 22, 1995
If we do not do that, next year the minimum wage will reach a 40-year low in purchasing power.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the AFL-CIO Convention in New York City

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