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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “You want to hear the statistic I heard today. As far as boiling it down what this means for people, $56 to fill up my…”

On the recordMay 3, 2006
You want to hear the statistic I heard today. As far as boiling it down what this means for people, $56 to fill up my minivan. We have not raised the minimum wage since 1997 in this country, and at the current minimum wage, a minimum wage worker has to work 38 minutes before they can even afford 1 gallon of gas, 38 minutes. I mean, that is just over the top outrageous. I mean, it really is.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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