On the recordMarch 13, 2012
The answer to this is not to say that if you are low-income elderly, then we need a whole bastion of low-income workers to take care of you.
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congress.govTom Harkin: “The answer to this is not to say that if you are low-income elderly, then we need a whole bastion of low-income workers…”
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Harkin criticizes the low wages for home care workers and its impact on elderly care.
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