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Joe Courtney: “Raising the minimum wage is not only good for millions of workers that would directly benefit, but also for our economy…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Raising the minimum wage is not only good for millions of workers that would directly benefit, but also for our economy as a whole.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Arguing that raising the minimum wage benefits workers and the economy.

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