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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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