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Jay Dickey: “If the gentleman will yield, how much minimum wage do you think we ought to have? $5? $10? Why would you stop? If there…”

On the recordMay 1, 1996
If the gentleman will yield, how much minimum wage do you think we ought to have? $5? $10? Why would you stop? If there is a profit in the business under your theory, why stop at $25 an hour? I am serious about this. Where do you say, OK, I am not going to take any more from the employer, even though I have compassion for the man working 40 hours a week, where, say between $5 and $25? Why would you stop going up to $25 if you really had compassion for the employee?
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Jay Dickey
Arkansas
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Discussing the implications of minimum wage increases during a debate.

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