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Barack Obama: “When I'm President, we're not going to wait twenty years or ten years to raise the minimum wage - we'll raise it to keep…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2007
When I'm President, we're not going to wait twenty years or ten years to raise the minimum wage - we'll raise it to keep pace with inflation every year so that American workers aren't falling behind.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Asks United Auto Workers To Support the Candidate With a Record of Fighting for Them

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