No one who works full-time in America should have to live in poverty. I am going to keep making the case that we need to raise the minimum wage because it's lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office. It's time for the minimum wage to go up.
President Obama emphasizes the need to raise the minimum wage to address economic inequality.
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