The better way to do it is to raise people's income, and as you point out, the savings that we would garner from raising the minimum wage far surpasses anything that folks were trying to do with the farm bill that just passed here.
Courtney emphasizes that increasing the minimum wage is more effective than cuts to Food Stamps.
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