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Joe Courtney: “You want to cut the deficit in the agriculture account, in food stamps accounts, SNAP? Raise the minimum wage.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
You want to cut the deficit in the agriculture account, in food stamps accounts, SNAP? Raise the minimum wage.
Said by
Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Suggesting that increasing the minimum wage would reduce food stamp spending.

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