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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
If we would actually pass the minimum wage bill, there is an estimate in terms of the billions of savings for the taxpayer.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney argues that raising the minimum wage could save taxpayers billions.

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