03/06/2012
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"If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since 1968, today it would be $10.56."
"That is why last week I joined with Congressman George Miller to introduce the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013."
"The minimum wage in fact is worth 31 percent less than at its peak in 1968."
"Senator Harkin gave the numbers on the erosion in the buying power of the minimum wage."