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Rick Allen: So the government said we are going to raise wages, and your wages went down?

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
So the government said we are going to raise wages, and your wages went down?
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Allen questions the effectiveness of wage increases on actual earnings.

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