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Ronald Reagan: “For many businesses, the existing minimum wage prices unskilled young people out of the job market.”

On the recordMarch 24, 1985
For many businesses, the existing minimum wage prices unskilled young people out of the job market.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Proposed Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Legislation

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