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Tom Vilsack: It is 3.6 million folks who would not need SNAP or as much SNAP if the minimum wage were increased.

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
It is 3.6 million folks who would not need SNAP or as much SNAP if the minimum wage were increased.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack discusses the impact of raising the minimum wage on SNAP dependency.

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